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Electoral wardE05010024
North Downs West ward, Folkestone and Hythe
North Downs West is one of 13 electoral wards of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,273 residents in 2,708 households — 97 people per km², the 10th 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, 20216,273council ward average 8,443
Households2,7082.32 residents per household
Density97/ km²about 64.80 km² · Folkestone and Hythe 308
Aged 65+30.0%Folkestone and Hythe: 25.0% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 241
5–95.0% · 315
10–156.2% · 390
16–193.6% · 227
20–243.2% · 199
25–347.9% · 493
35–4916.2% · 1,016
50–6424.1% · 1,509
65–7415.8% · 989
75–8411.0% · 692
85+3.2% · 201
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.4% · 255
1 car or van35.8% · 970
2 cars or vans34.8% · 942
3 or more20.0% · 541
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Folkestone and Hythe overall: 65.8% owned, 10.9% social rented, 22.5% private rented.
Owned outright50.1% · 1,358
With mortgage32.3% · 875
Shared ownership0.7% · 19
Social rented6.1% · 164
Private rented10.7% · 290
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house56.8% · 1,539
Semi-detached house27.0% · 731
Terraced house10.4% · 281
Purpose-built flat3.5% · 95
Converted house0.8% · 22
Other conversion0.7% · 19
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010024- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Elham Valley
- Constituency
- Ashford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 13
Parishes in the ward
ElmstedLymingeMonks HortonPostlingSellindgeStanfordStelling MinnisStowting
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.