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Electoral wardE05010407

Swalecliffe ward, Canterbury

Swalecliffe is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,962 residents in 1,940 households — 2,320 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Canterbury constituency; for county elections it is in the Whitstable East & Herne Bay West division.

Residents, 20213,962council ward average 7,496
Households1,9402.04 residents per household
Density2,320/ km²about 1.71 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+37.2%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 11.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.6% · 104
5–93.7% · 148
10–155.2% · 207
16–193.5% · 140
20–244.1% · 161
25–346.8% · 270
35–4913.5% · 535
50–6423.3% · 924
65–7418.6% · 738
75–8413.1% · 519
85+5.4% · 215

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.8% · 384
1 car or van47.0% · 911
2 cars or vans24.2% · 469
3 or more9.1% · 176
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright52.7% · 1,024
With mortgage23.3% · 453
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented11.4% · 222
Private rented12.2% · 237
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house34.5% · 668
Semi-detached house41.8% · 810
Terraced house9.4% · 182
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 214
Converted house1.2% · 24
Other conversion0.4% · 8
Above shop / office0.7% · 14
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 19
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010407
County council
Kent County Council
County division
Whitstable East & Herne Bay West
Constituency
Canterbury
Region
South East
Density rank in council
8 of 21

Other wards in the same constituency

BBarton14.5% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned12,745BBlean Forest14.7% aged 65+ · 75.6% owned10,126CChartham & Stone Street20.2% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned7,568CChestfield30.6% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned7,139GGorrell22.2% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned10,625LLittle Stour & Adisham24.4% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned4,185NNailbourne30.0% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned3,917NNorthgate10.4% aged 65+ · 28.2% owned7,047SSeasalter30.7% aged 65+ · 84.2% owned7,813SSt Stephen's12.3% aged 65+ · 38.8% owned10,000TTankerton31.5% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned3,527WWestgate13.7% aged 65+ · 38.5% owned9,191WWincheap14.9% 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.