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Electoral wardE05012955
Reculver ward, Canterbury
Reculver is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,381 residents in 1,853 households — 140 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency; for county elections it is in the Herne Village & Sturry division.
Residents, 20214,381council ward average 7,496
Households1,8532.36 residents per household
Density140/ km²about 31.18 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+29.6%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 158
5–94.7% · 205
10–156.1% · 269
16–194.5% · 195
20–243.8% · 166
25–348.4% · 369
35–4915.6% · 682
50–6423.8% · 1,043
65–7417.5% · 768
75–849.1% · 398
85+2.9% · 129
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.7% · 161
1 car or van39.4% · 731
2 cars or vans35.9% · 666
3 or more15.9% · 295
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Canterbury overall: 64.8% owned, 12.2% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright49.8% · 923
With mortgage30.3% · 561
Shared ownership2.5% · 47
Social rented5.1% · 95
Private rented12.3% · 227
Type of home
Detached house54.0% · 999
Semi-detached house23.6% · 437
Terraced house11.1% · 205
Purpose-built flat2.6% · 48
Converted house0.5% · 9
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile7.7% · 143
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012955- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Herne Village & Sturry
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 21
Parishes in the ward
ChisletHoath
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.