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Electoral wardE05010397

Greenhill ward, Canterbury

Greenhill is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,199 residents in 1,754 households — 636 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency; for county elections it is in the Whitstable East & Herne Bay West division.

Residents, 20214,199council ward average 7,496
Households1,7542.39 residents per household
Density636/ km²about 6.60 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+25.2%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 192
5–95.3% · 223
10–157.4% · 310
16–194.5% · 187
20–244.9% · 204
25–3411.0% · 460
35–4917.0% · 713
50–6420.2% · 850
65–7413.8% · 580
75–848.5% · 357
85+2.9% · 122

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.7% · 276
1 car or van41.8% · 735
2 cars or vans29.1% · 511
3 or more13.5% · 237
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.0% · 736
With mortgage30.1% · 528
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented12.5% · 220
Private rented14.9% · 262

Type of home

Detached house24.8% · 435
Semi-detached house47.9% · 841
Terraced house20.0% · 351
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 81
Converted house0.5% · 9
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 9
Caravan, mobile1.5% · 26
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.