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Electoral wardE05005085

Central Harbour ward, Thanet

Central Harbour is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,401 residents in 4,043 households — 5,940 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Thanet constituency; for county elections it is in the Ramsgate division.

Residents, 20218,401council ward average 6,113
Households4,0432.08 residents per household
Density5,940/ km²about 1.41 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+19.3%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 424
5–94.9% · 408
10–156.6% · 554
16–194.3% · 358
20–246.2% · 518
25–3412.5% · 1,052
35–4919.0% · 1,596
50–6422.3% · 1,870
65–7411.6% · 977
75–845.9% · 492
85+1.8% · 149

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.8% · 1,409
1 car or van43.7% · 1,766
2 cars or vans16.9% · 682
3 or more4.6% · 188
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.

Owned outright27.5% · 1,114
With mortgage22.3% · 902
Shared ownership0.5% · 19
Social rented9.1% · 368
Private rented40.6% · 1,640
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house6.3% · 256
Semi-detached house21.0% · 847
Terraced house28.6% · 1,156
Purpose-built flat23.0% · 928
Converted house15.5% · 628
Other conversion3.5% · 140
Above shop / office1.7% · 68
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 19
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.