Electoral wardE05005091
Garlinge ward, Thanet
Garlinge is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,986 residents in 2,053 households — 2,009 people per km², the 16th 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, 20214,986council ward average 6,113
Households2,0532.43 residents per household
Density2,009/ km²about 2.48 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+21.0%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 241
5–96.1% · 302
10–157.5% · 374
16–194.1% · 204
20–245.2% · 260
25–3412.1% · 605
35–4918.3% · 912
50–6420.9% · 1,043
65–7411.2% · 559
75–846.9% · 345
85+2.8% · 141
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.7% · 404
1 car or van40.3% · 827
2 cars or vans28.7% · 590
3 or more11.3% · 232
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright34.9% · 718
With mortgage33.7% · 693
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented15.0% · 308
Private rented16.1% · 330
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house11.2% · 231
Semi-detached house55.0% · 1,130
Terraced house20.6% · 423
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 214
Converted house1.9% · 40
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005091- 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
- 18 of 23
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.