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Electoral wardE05010022

New Romney ward, Folkestone and Hythe

New Romney is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,252 residents in 3,175 households — 1,120 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency; for county elections it is in the Romney Marsh division.

Residents, 20217,252council ward average 8,443
Households3,1752.28 residents per household
Density1,120/ km²about 6.47 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+33.7%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 274
5–94.3% · 309
10–155.9% · 427
16–193.1% · 228
20–244.1% · 296
25–348.6% · 623
35–4913.3% · 961
50–6423.3% · 1,692
65–7417.3% · 1,254
75–8412.0% · 870
85+4.4% · 318

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.4% · 456
1 car or van41.3% · 1,311
2 cars or vans30.8% · 977
3 or more13.6% · 431
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright51.1% · 1,624
With mortgage24.4% · 776
Shared ownership1.6% · 50
Social rented9.0% · 285
Private rented13.9% · 440
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house51.6% · 1,638
Semi-detached house21.2% · 674
Terraced house15.0% · 476
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 267
Converted house1.9% · 59
Other conversion0.5% · 15
Above shop / office1.4% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010022
County council
Kent County Council
County division
Romney Marsh
Region
South East
Density rank in council
7 of 13

Parishes in the ward

New Romney

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% owned11,110HHythe Rural28.8% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned6,210RRomney 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.