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Nailbourne ward, Canterbury

Nailbourne is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,917 residents in 1,653 households — 96 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Canterbury constituency; for county elections it is in the Canterbury South division.

Residents, 20213,917council ward average 7,496
Households1,6532.37 residents per household
Density96/ km²about 40.59 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+30.0%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.6% · 140
5–94.4% · 171
10–156.7% · 264
16–193.9% · 154
20–244.1% · 159
25–348.3% · 324
35–4915.5% · 609
50–6423.5% · 919
65–7414.6% · 571
75–8411.0% · 429
85+4.5% · 177

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.3% · 154
1 car or van39.5% · 653
2 cars or vans35.1% · 580
3 or more16.1% · 266
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright51.9% · 858
With mortgage28.8% · 475
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented5.8% · 95
Private rented13.2% · 218
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house49.8% · 823
Semi-detached house29.3% · 484
Terraced house12.3% · 203
Purpose-built flat3.7% · 62
Converted house1.6% · 27
Other conversion1.0% · 16
Above shop / office1.0% · 17
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 22
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.