Electoral wardE05012990
Barton ward, Canterbury
Barton is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,745 residents in 4,571 households — 1,252 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Canterbury constituency; for county elections it is in the Canterbury City South division.
Residents, 202112,745council ward average 7,496
Households4,5712.79 residents per household
Density1,252/ km²about 10.18 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+14.5%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 569
5–95.3% · 679
10–156.9% · 882
16–1910.6% · 1,356
20–2416.0% · 2,045
25–3413.4% · 1,710
35–4915.1% · 1,929
50–6413.5% · 1,719
65–747.5% · 959
75–844.7% · 604
85+2.3% · 290
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.6% · 1,352
1 car or van44.3% · 2,027
2 cars or vans20.4% · 934
3 or more5.6% · 258
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Canterbury overall: 64.8% owned, 12.2% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright27.0% · 1,235
With mortgage19.9% · 909
Shared ownership1.4% · 63
Social rented23.4% · 1,072
Private rented28.2% · 1,290
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house21.4% · 978
Semi-detached house31.2% · 1,425
Terraced house21.9% · 1,003
Purpose-built flat20.5% · 939
Converted house2.9% · 134
Other conversion1.3% · 59
Above shop / office0.5% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012990- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Canterbury City South
- Constituency
- Canterbury
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlean Forest14.7% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned10,126CChartham & Stone Street20.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned7,568CChestfield30.6% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned7,139GGorrell22.2% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned10,625LLittle Stour & Adisham24.4% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned4,185NNailbourne30.0% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned3,917NNorthgate10.4% aged 65+ · 28.2% owned7,047SSeasalter30.7% aged 65+ · 84.2% owned7,813SSt Stephen's12.3% aged 65+ · 38.8% owned10,000SSwalecliffe37.2% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned3,962TTankerton31.5% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned3,527WWestgate13.7% aged 65+ · 38.5% owned9,191WWincheap14.9% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned9,425
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.