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Electoral wardE05005088

Cliftonville West ward, Thanet

Cliftonville West is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,927 residents in 4,419 households — 10,704 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Thanet constituency; for county elections it is in the Cliftonville and Margate divisions.

Residents, 20219,927council ward average 6,113
Households4,4192.25 residents per household
Density10,704/ km²about 0.93 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+14.5%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 22.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–49.0% · 898
5–96.5% · 649
10–156.9% · 687
16–193.8% · 373
20–245.9% · 588
25–3415.9% · 1,581
35–4920.9% · 2,072
50–6416.5% · 1,635
65–747.5% · 740
75–844.6% · 453
85+2.5% · 249

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van46.7% · 2,064
1 car or van39.7% · 1,754
2 cars or vans10.6% · 469
3 or more3.0% · 132
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.4% · 814
With mortgage15.0% · 663
Shared ownership0.4% · 19
Social rented9.6% · 425
Private rented56.5% · 2,498
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house3.8% · 168
Semi-detached house9.0% · 399
Terraced house17.5% · 775
Purpose-built flat40.8% · 1,803
Converted house21.6% · 955
Other conversion3.8% · 167
Above shop / office3.4% · 151
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.