Electoral wardE05010020
Hythe ward, Folkestone and Hythe
Hythe is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,110 residents in 5,365 households — 711 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency; for county elections it is in the Cheriton, Sandgate & Hythe East and Hythe West divisions.
Residents, 202111,110council ward average 8,443
Households5,3652.07 residents per household
Density711/ km²about 15.62 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+36.7%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 377
5–93.9% · 438
10–155.5% · 606
16–192.9% · 323
20–243.4% · 377
25–346.7% · 739
35–4915.0% · 1,668
50–6422.5% · 2,500
65–7417.7% · 1,969
75–8412.7% · 1,415
85+6.3% · 699
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.0% · 1,071
1 car or van44.8% · 2,405
2 cars or vans26.6% · 1,425
3 or more8.6% · 464
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.
Owned outright49.1% · 2,635
With mortgage22.9% · 1,227
Shared ownership1.0% · 53
Social rented9.2% · 492
Private rented17.7% · 952
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house30.6% · 1,644
Semi-detached house24.6% · 1,319
Terraced house19.0% · 1,019
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 1,006
Converted house4.3% · 229
Other conversion1.0% · 56
Above shop / office1.7% · 90
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010020- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Cheriton, Sandgate & Hythe East, Hythe West
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 13
Parishes in the ward
HytheSaltwood
Other wards in the same constituency
BBroadmead24.5% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,201CCheriton16.5% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned13,519EEast Folkestone14.9% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned11,551FFolkestone Central21.9% aged 65+ · 37.5% owned10,313FFolkestone Harbour17.1% aged 65+ · 46.8% owned6,638HHythe Rural28.8% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned6,210NNew Romney33.7% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned7,252RRomney Marsh38.0% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned7,108SSandgate & West Folkestone25.7% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned6,062WWalland & Denge Marsh26.2% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned7,869
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.