Electoral wardE05005098
Salmestone ward, Thanet
Salmestone is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,717 residents in 2,285 households — 2,011 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Thanet constituency; for county elections it is in the Margate division.
Residents, 20215,717council ward average 6,113
Households2,2852.5 residents per household
Density2,011/ km²about 2.84 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+18.2%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 340
5–96.6% · 377
10–157.9% · 452
16–194.2% · 241
20–245.4% · 307
25–3414.8% · 845
35–4918.6% · 1,064
50–6418.4% · 1,049
65–749.7% · 556
75–845.7% · 328
85+2.7% · 157
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.3% · 556
1 car or van44.5% · 1,017
2 cars or vans22.9% · 524
3 or more8.2% · 188
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright27.1% · 620
With mortgage30.8% · 703
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented16.1% · 367
Private rented25.6% · 586
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house9.5% · 218
Semi-detached house37.5% · 857
Terraced house38.4% · 877
Purpose-built flat10.8% · 246
Converted house2.9% · 67
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.5% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005098- Council
- Thanet District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Margate
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 23
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% owned5,705NNorthwood23.2% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned6,599SSir 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.