Electoral wardE05005082
Birchington North ward, Thanet
Birchington North is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,884 residents in 1,867 households — 2,262 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency; for county elections it is in the Birchington & Rural division.
Residents, 20213,884council ward average 6,113
Households1,8672.08 residents per household
Density2,262/ km²about 1.72 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+44.2%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 10.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.5% · 97
5–93.6% · 141
10–154.6% · 178
16–192.1% · 82
20–242.8% · 109
25–345.7% · 222
35–4912.2% · 476
50–6422.3% · 867
65–7421.9% · 852
75–8415.3% · 595
85+6.9% · 270
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.3% · 342
1 car or van43.7% · 815
2 cars or vans27.6% · 515
3 or more10.4% · 195
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright63.5% · 1,186
With mortgage22.2% · 415
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented1.8% · 34
Private rented12.1% · 226
Type of home
Detached house53.2% · 993
Semi-detached house19.0% · 355
Terraced house5.9% · 111
Purpose-built flat17.4% · 324
Converted house3.9% · 73
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005082- Council
- Thanet District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Birchington & Rural
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Birchington
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.