Electoral wardE05005081
Beacon Road ward, Thanet
Beacon Road is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,685 residents in 1,884 households — 3,166 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Thanet constituency; for county elections it is in the Cliftonville division.
Residents, 20214,685council ward average 6,113
Households1,8842.49 residents per household
Density3,166/ km²about 1.48 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+21.2%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 247
5–96.8% · 320
10–158.6% · 403
16–194.4% · 204
20–244.7% · 219
25–3411.3% · 529
35–4917.9% · 838
50–6419.9% · 930
65–7411.4% · 535
75–847.7% · 360
85+2.1% · 100
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.8% · 373
1 car or van41.2% · 776
2 cars or vans28.1% · 530
3 or more10.9% · 205
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright35.0% · 659
With mortgage30.3% · 571
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented17.7% · 333
Private rented16.6% · 313
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house21.5% · 405
Semi-detached house47.3% · 891
Terraced house20.2% · 380
Purpose-built flat8.7% · 164
Converted house1.4% · 27
Other conversion0.5% · 10
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005081- Council
- Thanet District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Cliftonville
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Broadstairs and St. Peters
Other wards in the same constituency
BBradstowe36.2% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned3,949CCentral Harbour19.3% aged 65+ · 49.9% owned8,401CCliffsend and Pegwell31.7% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned4,882CCliftonville East34.3% aged 65+ · 79.0% owned6,439CCliftonville West14.5% aged 65+ · 33.4% owned9,927DDane Valley16.6% aged 65+ · 51.9% owned7,846EEastcliff15.9% aged 65+ · 43.0% owned8,287KKingsgate33.4% aged 65+ · 85.4% owned2,197MMargate Central11.9% aged 65+ · 26.9% owned6,231NNethercourt23.9% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned4,835NNewington13.3% aged 65+ · 42.3% owned5,705NNorthwood23.2% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned6,599SSalmestone18.2% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned5,717SSir Moses Montefiore18.5% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned5,083
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.