Electoral wardE05010395

Chestfield ward, Canterbury

Chestfield is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,139 residents in 3,047 households — 666 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Canterbury constituency; for county elections it is in the Canterbury North division.

Residents, 20217,139council ward average 7,496

Households3,0472.34 residents per household

Density666/ km²about 10.71 km² · Canterbury 510

Aged 65+30.6%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 15.5%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 264

5–94.9% · 348

10–156.9% · 492

16–193.7% · 262

20–244.0% · 286

25–348.7% · 618

35–4914.9% · 1,062

50–6422.7% · 1,620

65–7416.0% · 1,140

75–8411.0% · 785

85+3.7% · 262

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.2% · 281

1 car or van40.7% · 1,240

2 cars or vans35.9% · 1,094

3 or more14.1% · 431

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Canterbury overall: 64.8% owned, 12.2% social rented, 22.0% private rented.

Owned outright52.7% · 1,606

With mortgage31.2% · 952

Shared ownership0.9% · 26

Social rented2.7% · 83

Private rented12.4% · 379

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house58.5% · 1,783

Semi-detached house26.5% · 808

Terraced house7.2% · 220

Purpose-built flat7.0% · 214

Converted house0.4% · 11

Other conversion0.1% · 2

Above shop / office0.2% · 6

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010395
Council: Canterbury City Council
County council: Kent County Council
County division: Canterbury North
Constituency: Canterbury
Region: South East
Density rank in council: 14 of 21

Parishes in the ward

Chestfield

Other wards in the same constituency

BBarton14.5% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned12,745 BBlean Forest14.7% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned10,126 CChartham & Stone Street20.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned7,568 GGorrell22.2% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned10,625 LLittle Stour & Adisham24.4% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned4,185 NNailbourne30.0% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned3,917 NNorthgate10.4% aged 65+ · 28.2% owned7,047 SSeasalter30.7% aged 65+ · 84.2% owned7,813 SSt Stephen's12.3% aged 65+ · 38.8% owned10,000 SSwalecliffe37.2% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned3,962 TTankerton31.5% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned3,527 WWestgate13.7% aged 65+ · 38.5% owned9,191 WWincheap14.9% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned9,425

All 21 wards of Canterbury

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.