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Electoral wardE05010023
North Downs East ward, Folkestone and Hythe
North Downs East is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,653 residents in 4,628 households — 192 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashford constituency; for county elections it is in the Elham Valley division.
Residents, 202111,653council ward average 8,443
Households4,6282.52 residents per household
Density192/ km²about 60.60 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+21.7%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 552
5–96.0% · 703
10–157.6% · 891
16–194.7% · 548
20–244.3% · 496
25–3410.5% · 1,221
35–4918.6% · 2,170
50–6421.8% · 2,539
65–7412.0% · 1,401
75–847.4% · 859
85+2.3% · 273
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.2% · 426
1 car or van37.3% · 1,725
2 cars or vans37.4% · 1,729
3 or more16.2% · 748
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.
Owned outright40.4% · 1,868
With mortgage36.0% · 1,667
Shared ownership1.0% · 45
Social rented8.3% · 382
Private rented14.3% · 664
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house46.5% · 2,153
Semi-detached house29.0% · 1,340
Terraced house18.9% · 877
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 200
Converted house0.6% · 30
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.3% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010023- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Elham Valley
- Constituency
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 13
Parishes in the ward
AcriseElhamHawkingeNewingtonPaddlesworthSwingfield
Other wards in the same constituency
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.