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Thanet District Council
Local authority area: Thanet
Thanet is a district council in Kent, in the South East England region of England. It covers 103.3 km² and had 140,689 residents in 2022 — about 1,361 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Margate.
Town hall in the administrative centreMargate Town Hall
Photo: Michael Steele · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Thanet, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022140,689+3.7% since 2012
Land area103.3km²39.9 sq mi
Density1,361/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#216of 382 UK councils · #184 in England
Population estimates4 data points
135.7K139.8K141.8K140.7K
2012201520182022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Thanet became a local authority area.
Elections
23 electoral wards
Census 2021: 140,588 residents in 62,200 households across the wards; 23.7% aged 65+, 61.4% of homes owned, 26.1% of households without a car.
1Cliftonville West4,419 households · 14.5% aged 65+9,9272Central Harbour4,043 households · 19.3% aged 65+8,4013Eastcliff3,891 households · 15.9% aged 65+8,2874Thanet Villages3,472 households · 25.0% aged 65+8,0555Dane Valley3,162 households · 16.6% aged 65+7,8466Westgate-on-Sea3,444 households · 26.3% aged 65+7,517
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
Westminster
Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q1752642 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.