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Canford Cliffs ward, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Canford Cliffs is one of 33 electoral wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,369 residents in 4,700 households — 1,476 people per km², the 31st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Poole constituency.

Residents, 20219,369council ward average 12,127
Households4,7001.99 residents per household
Density1,476/ km²about 6.35 km² · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2,469
Aged 65+44.0%Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.6% · under 16: 9.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.8% · 267
5–92.7% · 254
10–154.2% · 395
16–192.6% · 239
20–243.1% · 290
25–346.3% · 589
35–4912.9% · 1,204
50–6421.4% · 2,005
65–7418.7% · 1,748
75–8415.9% · 1,493
85+9.4% · 885

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.1% · 662
1 car or van45.9% · 2,159
2 cars or vans28.7% · 1,348
3 or more11.3% · 531
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole overall: 62.8% owned, 11.0% social rented, 25.4% private rented.

Owned outright58.9% · 2,769
With mortgage20.9% · 981
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented1.7% · 82
Private rented18.2% · 855

Type of home

Detached house33.2% · 1,562
Semi-detached house2.8% · 131
Terraced house3.1% · 145
Purpose-built flat55.4% · 2,604
Converted house4.2% · 196
Other conversion0.5% · 22
Above shop / office0.8% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.