Electoral wardE05005096
Northwood ward, Thanet
Northwood is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,599 residents in 2,844 households — 2,506 people per km², the 9th 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, 20216,599council ward average 6,113
Households2,8442.32 residents per household
Density2,506/ km²about 2.63 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+23.2%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 301
5–95.6% · 372
10–157.0% · 464
16–195.0% · 327
20–245.2% · 344
25–3411.5% · 756
35–4917.0% · 1,119
50–6421.0% · 1,386
65–7412.5% · 824
75–848.1% · 532
85+2.6% · 173
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.5% · 725
1 car or van45.4% · 1,291
2 cars or vans21.2% · 601
3 or more7.9% · 224
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright36.4% · 1,037
With mortgage25.4% · 722
Shared ownership0.4% · 11
Social rented21.7% · 618
Private rented16.0% · 455
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house18.9% · 536
Semi-detached house46.5% · 1,322
Terraced house22.4% · 637
Purpose-built flat10.5% · 299
Converted house0.8% · 23
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.7% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005096- Council
- Thanet District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Ramsgate
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Ramsgate
Other wards in the same constituency
BBeacon Road21.2% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned4,685BBradstowe36.2% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned3,949CCentral Harbour19.3% aged 65+ · 49.9% owned8,401CCliffsend and Pegwell31.7% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned4,882CCliftonville East34.3% aged 65+ · 79.0% owned6,439CCliftonville West14.5% aged 65+ · 33.4% owned9,927DDane Valley16.6% aged 65+ · 51.9% owned7,846EEastcliff15.9% aged 65+ · 43.0% owned8,287KKingsgate33.4% aged 65+ · 85.4% owned2,197MMargate Central11.9% aged 65+ · 26.9% owned6,231NNethercourt23.9% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned4,835NNewington13.3% aged 65+ · 42.3% owned5,705SSalmestone18.2% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned5,717SSir Moses Montefiore18.5% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned5,083
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.