Electoral wardE05010405

St Stephen's ward, Canterbury

St Stephen's is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,000 residents in 3,779 households — 4,319 people per km², the 5th 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, 202110,000council ward average 7,496

Households3,7792.65 residents per household

Density4,319/ km²about 2.32 km² · Canterbury 510

Aged 65+12.3%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 13.7%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 410

5–94.3% · 432

10–155.3% · 532

16–197.4% · 738

20–2427.4% · 2,737

25–3411.9% · 1,195

35–4914.3% · 1,435

50–6412.9% · 1,294

65–746.8% · 677

75–844.0% · 402

85+1.5% · 148

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van32.4% · 1,225

1 car or van43.1% · 1,630

2 cars or vans17.7% · 668

3 or more6.8% · 256

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.1% · 909

With mortgage14.7% · 556

Shared ownership1.5% · 56

Social rented22.5% · 849

Private rented37.1% · 1,403

Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house18.9% · 716

Semi-detached house25.6% · 969

Terraced house29.9% · 1,131

Purpose-built flat22.2% · 840

Converted house2.1% · 78

Other conversion0.8% · 29

Above shop / office0.3% · 13

Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010405
Council: Canterbury City Council
County council: Kent County Council
County division: Canterbury City North
Constituency: Canterbury
Region: South East
Density rank in council: 3 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 SSeasalter30.7% aged 65+ · 84.2% owned7,813 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.