Electoral wardE05005103
Westgate-on-Sea ward, Thanet
Westgate-on-Sea is one of 23 electoral wards of Thanet District Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,517 residents in 3,444 households — 3,472 people per km², the 6th 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, 20217,517council ward average 6,113
Households3,4442.18 residents per household
Density3,472/ km²about 2.16 km² · Thanet 1,357
Aged 65+26.3%Thanet: 23.7% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 323
5–94.8% · 361
10–156.9% · 520
16–193.5% · 263
20–244.7% · 352
25–3412.1% · 913
35–4916.5% · 1,241
50–6420.9% · 1,568
65–7413.4% · 1,006
75–849.0% · 679
85+3.9% · 292
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.1% · 762
1 car or van47.8% · 1,647
2 cars or vans22.0% · 757
3 or more8.1% · 278
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thanet overall: 61.4% owned, 11.9% social rented, 26.3% private rented.
Owned outright35.4% · 1,220
With mortgage25.8% · 889
Shared ownership0.5% · 17
Social rented8.3% · 287
Private rented29.9% · 1,031
Type of home
Detached house12.1% · 417
Semi-detached house20.3% · 699
Terraced house28.8% · 991
Purpose-built flat21.7% · 745
Converted house12.6% · 434
Other conversion3.1% · 105
Above shop / office1.4% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005103- 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
- 11 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Westgate-on-Sea
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.