Electoral wardE05005083
Birchington South ward, Thanet
Birchington South is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,511 residents in 3,152 households — 1,161 people per km², the 10th 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, 20216,511council ward average 6,113
Households3,1522.07 residents per household
Density1,161/ km²about 5.61 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+36.6%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 241
5–94.2% · 273
10–155.9% · 381
16–193.4% · 224
20–243.3% · 218
25–349.2% · 596
35–4914.0% · 909
50–6419.7% · 1,285
65–7417.6% · 1,146
75–8413.6% · 887
85+5.4% · 352
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.5% · 679
1 car or van48.6% · 1,534
2 cars or vans22.4% · 708
3 or more7.4% · 233
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright52.2% · 1,646
With mortgage23.4% · 738
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented8.6% · 272
Private rented15.4% · 486
Type of home
Detached house23.7% · 746
Semi-detached house40.5% · 1,277
Terraced house15.6% · 493
Purpose-built flat12.9% · 407
Converted house1.8% · 56
Other conversion1.2% · 38
Above shop / office1.6% · 49
Caravan, mobile2.7% · 86
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005083- 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
- 21 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.