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Electoral wardE05010393
Blean Forest ward, Canterbury
Blean Forest is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,126 residents in 2,312 households — 478 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Canterbury constituency; for county elections it is in the Canterbury City North and Canterbury North divisions.
Residents, 202110,126council ward average 7,496
Households2,3124.38 residents per household
Density478/ km²about 21.18 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+14.7%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 9.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.3% · 228
5–92.9% · 290
10–154.7% · 471
16–1929.0% · 2,938
20–2420.1% · 2,040
25–345.7% · 582
35–4910.3% · 1,045
50–6410.3% · 1,048
65–747.2% · 732
75–845.6% · 563
85+1.9% · 191
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.3% · 376
1 car or van42.9% · 993
2 cars or vans29.9% · 692
3 or more10.9% · 251
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Canterbury overall: 64.8% owned, 12.2% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright48.1% · 1,110
With mortgage27.6% · 637
Shared ownership0.8% · 19
Social rented6.5% · 151
Private rented16.9% · 390
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house42.5% · 983
Semi-detached house38.4% · 887
Terraced house6.6% · 152
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 171
Converted house1.2% · 27
Other conversion0.3% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile3.3% · 76
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010393- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Canterbury City North, Canterbury North
- Constituency
- Canterbury
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 21
Parishes in the ward
BleanHackingtonHarbledown and Rough Common
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarton14.5% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned12,745CChartham & 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.