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Canterbury City Council

Local authority area: Canterbury

Canterbury is a district council in Kent, in the South East England region of England. It covers 308.9 km² and had 157,550 residents in 2022 — about 510 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Canterbury.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Canterbury, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022157,550+2.7% since 2012

Land area308.9km²119.3 sq mi

Density510/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#174of 382 UK councils · #153 in England

Population estimates4 data points

153.4K160K164.6K157.6K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Canterbury became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Kent

All councils in South East

Maidstone180,428 Swale154,619 Thanet140,689 Ashford135,610 Tonbridge and Malling133,661 Sevenoaks121,106 Dartford118,820 Dover117,473 Tunbridge Wells116,028 Folkestone and Hythe110,237 Gravesham106,970

Elections

21 electoral wards

Census 2021: 157,424 residents in 63,792 households across the wards; 21.8% aged 65+, 64.8% of homes owned, 20.8% of households without a car.

1Heron6,059 households · 25.0% aged 65+13,272 2Barton4,571 households · 14.5% aged 65+12,745 3Gorrell4,767 households · 22.2% aged 65+10,625 4Blean Forest2,312 households · 14.7% aged 65+10,126 5St Stephen's3,779 households · 12.3% aged 65+10,000 6Wincheap3,770 households · 14.9% aged 65+9,425

All wards of Canterbury

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

THerne CentreTown hall · Herne Bay CT6 7AP · hours listed PBlean Parish CouncilParish council · Canterbury CT2 9JA

Westminster

Constituencies

Canterbury · 14 wards Herne Bay and Sandwich · 7 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1094104 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.