Electoral wardE05010402

Northgate ward, Canterbury

Northgate is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,047 residents in 2,588 households — 3,814 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Canterbury constituency; for county elections it is in the Canterbury City North division.

Residents, 20217,047council ward average 7,496

Households2,5882.72 residents per household

Density3,814/ km²about 1.85 km² · Canterbury 510

Aged 65+10.4%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 13.7%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 322

5–94.1% · 288

10–155.0% · 354

16–1911.3% · 796

20–2423.2% · 1,637

25–3415.7% · 1,109

35–4914.0% · 985

50–6411.7% · 824

65–745.6% · 392

75–843.0% · 212

85+1.8% · 128

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van42.9% · 1,110

1 car or van40.5% · 1,047

2 cars or vans12.9% · 333

3 or more3.7% · 96

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright16.0% · 414

With mortgage12.2% · 317

Shared ownership0.7% · 19

Social rented35.2% · 912

Private rented35.4% · 915

Lives rent free0.4% · 11

Type of home

Detached house5.6% · 146

Semi-detached house31.5% · 814

Terraced house22.9% · 592

Purpose-built flat33.5% · 868

Converted house2.9% · 76

Other conversion1.5% · 40

Above shop / office1.1% · 29

Caravan, mobile0.9% · 23

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010402
Council: Canterbury City Council
County council: Kent County Council
County division: Canterbury City North
Constituency: Canterbury
Region: South East
Density rank in council: 4 of 21

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 CChestfield30.6% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned7,139 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 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.