Broadstairs and St Peter's of residents over 65, compared with the national average of 16%. For every 100 females, there were 87.1 males. Broadstairs and St Peter's Broadstairs and St Peter's is a civil parish in the Thanet district of Kent, England. The parish comprises the settlements of Broadstairs, St Peter's and Westwood, including Westwood Cross. It is a successor parish, created in 1974 to replace Broadstairs and St Peter's Urban District. It is governed by Broadstairs and St Peter's Town Council. The population in 2001 was 24,370 in 10,594 households. At the 2001 UK census, the parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's had
Broadstairs & 1494 ), "Brodestyr" (1479), "Broadstayer" (1565) and "Brod stayrs" (1610). Charles Culmer, son of Waldemar, is supposed to have reconstructed the stairs in 1350. In 1440, an archway was built by George Culmer across a track leading down to the sea, where the first wooden pier or jetty was built in 1460. A more enduring structure was to replace this in 1538, when the road leading to the seafront, known as Harbour Street, was cut into the rough chalk ground on which Broadstairs is built, by another George Culmer. Going further in defence of the town, he built the