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Electoral wardE05010396
Gorrell ward, Canterbury
Gorrell is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,625 residents in 4,767 households — 1,854 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Canterbury constituency; for county elections it is in the Whitstable West division.
Residents, 202110,625council ward average 7,496
Households4,7672.23 residents per household
Density1,854/ km²about 5.73 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+22.2%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 478
5–95.6% · 600
10–157.0% · 747
16–194.0% · 427
20–244.6% · 488
25–349.0% · 957
35–4919.4% · 2,063
50–6423.6% · 2,507
65–7412.0% · 1,277
75–847.1% · 755
85+3.1% · 326
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.4% · 1,019
1 car or van47.4% · 2,258
2 cars or vans23.6% · 1,124
3 or more7.7% · 366
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Canterbury overall: 64.8% owned, 12.2% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.4% · 1,784
With mortgage28.6% · 1,362
Shared ownership0.3% · 16
Social rented12.0% · 571
Private rented21.6% · 1,029
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house20.6% · 981
Semi-detached house29.8% · 1,420
Terraced house29.9% · 1,425
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 603
Converted house4.2% · 198
Other conversion0.7% · 34
Above shop / office2.0% · 96
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010396- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Whitstable West
- Constituency
- Canterbury
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarton14.5% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned12,745BBlean Forest14.7% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned10,126CChartham & Stone Street20.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned7,568CChestfield30.6% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned7,139LLittle 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.