Kent · England
Westgate on Sea population
6,594people · latest estimate
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Westgate on Sea has a population of 6,594, making it the 37th largest place in Kent.
#37
of 155 in Kent
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Thanet population trends, 2001–2025.
Westgate on Sea in context
2 km
west to Birchington-on-Sea, the nearest larger town
270,558
people live within 10 km
#1,623
largest of 6,358 UK places
732
food businesses in Thanet
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Westgate on Sea sits in postcode district CT8.
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Population since 2001
Thanet, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district CT8
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile