Electoral wardE05005097
St Peters ward, Thanet
St Peters is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,022 residents in 3,133 households — 1,647 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Thanet constituency; for county elections it is in the Broadstairs division.
Residents, 20217,022council ward average 6,113
Households3,1332.24 residents per household
Density1,647/ km²about 4.26 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+29.5%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 284
5–95.1% · 359
10–157.0% · 489
16–194.3% · 303
20–244.2% · 297
25–348.5% · 598
35–4916.2% · 1,137
50–6421.2% · 1,488
65–7415.1% · 1,058
75–8410.6% · 744
85+3.8% · 268
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.2% · 663
1 car or van44.9% · 1,406
2 cars or vans25.3% · 792
3 or more8.7% · 272
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright47.5% · 1,488
With mortgage27.0% · 845
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented7.9% · 249
Private rented17.4% · 544
Type of home
Detached house30.1% · 945
Semi-detached house44.9% · 1,408
Terraced house11.3% · 354
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 320
Converted house2.1% · 65
Other conversion0.9% · 29
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005097- Council
- Thanet District Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Broadstairs
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Broadstairs and St. Peters
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% owned6,599SSalmestone18.2% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned5,717
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.