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Electoral wardE05010410

Westgate ward, Canterbury

Westgate is one of 21 electoral wards of Canterbury City Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,191 residents in 4,132 households — 5,031 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Canterbury constituency; for county elections it is in the Canterbury City North and Canterbury City South divisions.

Residents, 20219,191council ward average 7,496
Households4,1322.22 residents per household
Density5,031/ km²about 1.83 km² · Canterbury 510
Aged 65+13.7%Canterbury: 21.8% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 371
5–93.8% · 346
10–155.6% · 517
16–196.0% · 550
20–2419.4% · 1,781
25–3418.0% · 1,657
35–4916.5% · 1,518
50–6413.0% · 1,190
65–746.5% · 593
75–844.7% · 431
85+2.6% · 235

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van40.3% · 1,666
1 car or van43.2% · 1,785
2 cars or vans13.2% · 547
3 or more3.2% · 134
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.2% · 916
With mortgage16.4% · 677
Shared ownership1.0% · 42
Social rented15.5% · 642
Private rented44.8% · 1,853
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house4.7% · 193
Semi-detached house22.3% · 921
Terraced house30.6% · 1,265
Purpose-built flat33.9% · 1,401
Converted house2.7% · 113
Other conversion2.0% · 83
Above shop / office3.5% · 145
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 11
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010410
County council
Kent County Council
County division
Canterbury City North, Canterbury City South
Constituency
Canterbury
Region
South East
Density rank in council
1 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% owned10,000SSwalecliffe37.2% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned3,962TTankerton31.5% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned3,527WWincheap14.9% 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.