Electoral wardE05010404

Seasalter ward, Canterbury

Seasalter is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,813 residents in 3,403 households — 707 people per km², the 10th 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, 20217,813council ward average 7,496

Households3,4032.3 residents per household

Density707/ km²about 11.05 km² · Canterbury 510

Aged 65+30.7%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 15.5%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 295

5–95.1% · 401

10–156.6% · 514

16–193.8% · 295

20–243.9% · 306

25–347.2% · 560

35–4916.3% · 1,273

50–6422.7% · 1,770

65–7415.8% · 1,235

75–8411.3% · 885

85+3.6% · 279

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.4% · 389

1 car or van43.1% · 1,467

2 cars or vans32.0% · 1,087

3 or more13.5% · 458

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright54.8% · 1,864

With mortgage29.4% · 1,001

Shared ownership0.7% · 23

Social rented5.7% · 195

Private rented9.3% · 318

Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house49.8% · 1,696

Semi-detached house33.1% · 1,125

Terraced house7.7% · 262

Purpose-built flat4.1% · 138

Converted house0.4% · 13

Other conversion0.3% · 11

Above shop / office0.4% · 15

Caravan, mobile4.2% · 143

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010404
Council: Canterbury City Council
County council: Kent County Council
County division: Whitstable West
Constituency: Canterbury
Region: South East
Density rank in council: 13 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 NNorthgate10.4% aged 65+ · 28.2% owned7,047 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.