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Electoral wardE05010021

Hythe Rural ward, Folkestone and Hythe

Hythe Rural is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,210 residents in 2,747 households — 372 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency; for county elections it is in the Hythe West division.

Residents, 20216,210council ward average 8,443
Households2,7472.26 residents per household
Density372/ km²about 16.67 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+28.8%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 269
5–94.8% · 295
10–156.1% · 381
16–193.7% · 228
20–244.3% · 267
25–349.3% · 576
35–4915.3% · 950
50–6423.5% · 1,458
65–7415.7% · 977
75–8410.2% · 633
85+2.8% · 176

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.0% · 385
1 car or van41.7% · 1,145
2 cars or vans30.9% · 850
3 or more13.4% · 367
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.

Owned outright48.6% · 1,333
With mortgage29.8% · 818
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented10.2% · 279
Private rented11.0% · 301
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house35.6% · 979
Semi-detached house34.4% · 945
Terraced house18.8% · 517
Purpose-built flat7.0% · 192
Converted house0.8% · 21
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.7% · 18
Caravan, mobile2.6% · 71
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010021
County council
Kent County Council
County division
Hythe West
Region
South East
Density rank in council
9 of 13

Parishes in the ward

HytheLympne

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% owned6,638HHythe36.7% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned11,110NNew 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

All 13 wards of Folkestone and Hythe

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.