Electoral wardE05005100
Thanet Villages ward, Thanet
Thanet Villages is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,055 residents in 3,472 households — 138 people per km², the 4th 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, 20218,055council ward average 6,113
Households3,4722.32 residents per household
Density138/ km²about 58.33 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+25.0%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 373
5–95.1% · 408
10–157.2% · 577
16–194.1% · 327
20–243.7% · 302
25–3410.4% · 836
35–4917.5% · 1,412
50–6422.5% · 1,810
65–7414.3% · 1,150
75–848.2% · 658
85+2.5% · 202
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.3% · 392
1 car or van40.8% · 1,417
2 cars or vans33.2% · 1,153
3 or more14.7% · 510
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright42.5% · 1,476
With mortgage31.4% · 1,090
Shared ownership1.0% · 33
Social rented9.2% · 321
Private rented15.9% · 552
Type of home
Detached house28.9% · 1,003
Semi-detached house35.9% · 1,246
Terraced house17.8% · 617
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 192
Converted house0.9% · 30
Other conversion1.1% · 37
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
Caravan, mobile9.5% · 331
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005100- 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
- 23 of 23
Parishes in the ward
AcolManstonMinsterMonktonSarreSt. Nicholas at Wade
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.