Electoral wardE05005102
Westbrook ward, Thanet
Westbrook is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,561 residents in 2,000 households — 4,387 people per km², the 20th 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, 20214,561council ward average 6,113
Households2,0002.28 residents per household
Density4,387/ km²about 1.04 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+22.6%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 228
5–94.6% · 210
10–156.5% · 297
16–193.2% · 146
20–244.8% · 219
25–3412.1% · 554
35–4918.9% · 860
50–6422.3% · 1,018
65–7412.9% · 590
75–846.9% · 316
85+2.7% · 123
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.8% · 475
1 car or van40.9% · 818
2 cars or vans25.5% · 510
3 or more9.8% · 197
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright37.8% · 755
With mortgage27.6% · 553
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented3.5% · 69
Private rented30.9% · 619
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house21.2% · 424
Semi-detached house33.9% · 678
Terraced house9.4% · 188
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 334
Converted house12.7% · 253
Other conversion4.5% · 89
Above shop / office1.7% · 34
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005102- 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
- 8 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.