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Electoral wardE05010409
West Bay ward, Canterbury
West Bay is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,085 residents in 1,815 households — 3,051 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency; for county elections it is in the Whitstable East & Herne Bay West division.
Residents, 20214,085council ward average 7,496
Households1,8152.25 residents per household
Density3,051/ km²about 1.34 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+28.0%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 159
5–95.0% · 205
10–156.9% · 284
16–194.1% · 167
20–244.9% · 200
25–348.8% · 358
35–4915.4% · 629
50–6423.1% · 943
65–7414.7% · 601
75–849.7% · 396
85+3.6% · 146
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.6% · 284
1 car or van45.5% · 825
2 cars or vans28.2% · 511
3 or more10.7% · 195
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Canterbury overall: 64.8% owned, 12.2% social rented, 22.0% private rented.
Owned outright47.6% · 864
With mortgage29.1% · 528
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented9.0% · 164
Private rented13.8% · 250
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house47.3% · 860
Semi-detached house33.7% · 612
Terraced house12.1% · 220
Purpose-built flat5.4% · 99
Converted house1.2% · 22
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010409- Council
- Canterbury City Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Whitstable East & Herne Bay West
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 21
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.