Electoral wardE05012956
Sturry ward, Canterbury
Sturry is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,215 residents in 3,358 households — 421 people per km², the 9th 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, 20218,215council ward average 7,496
Households3,3582.45 residents per household
Density421/ km²about 19.52 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+22.6%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 443
5–95.6% · 458
10–157.6% · 625
16–194.3% · 356
20–245.0% · 408
25–3411.5% · 948
35–4918.6% · 1,531
50–6419.4% · 1,593
65–7411.9% · 981
75–847.7% · 630
85+3.0% · 244
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.0% · 503
1 car or van41.8% · 1,403
2 cars or vans31.9% · 1,071
3 or more11.3% · 380
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Canterbury overall: 64.8% owned, 12.2% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright40.6% · 1,363
With mortgage33.1% · 1,113
Shared ownership0.8% · 26
Social rented11.8% · 396
Private rented13.5% · 454
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house23.0% · 773
Semi-detached house48.7% · 1,635
Terraced house15.4% · 517
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 285
Converted house0.5% · 18
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
Caravan, mobile3.2% · 106
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012956- 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
- 17 of 21
Parishes in the ward
FordwichHersdenSturryWestbere
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.