Electoral wardE05010807
Central ward, City of Peterborough
Central is one of 22 electoral wards of Peterborough City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 14,111 residents in 5,198 households — 4,702 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peterborough constituency.
Residents, 202114,111council ward average 9,803
Households5,1982.71 residents per household
Density4,702/ km²about 3.00 km² · City of Peterborough 628
Aged 65+9.6%City of Peterborough: 14.2% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 1,056
5–97.0% · 993
10–158.1% · 1,142
16–195.1% · 724
20–247.1% · 1,005
25–3419.8% · 2,791
35–4922.4% · 3,159
50–6413.4% · 1,887
65–744.9% · 694
75–842.7% · 385
85+2.0% · 276
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van42.0% · 2,183
1 car or van40.0% · 2,080
2 cars or vans13.9% · 725
3 or more4.1% · 211
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Peterborough overall: 55.5% owned, 18.6% social rented, 24.4% private rented.
Owned outright19.1% · 994
With mortgage15.5% · 803
Shared ownership1.3% · 67
Social rented16.0% · 833
Private rented47.9% · 2,491
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house13.0% · 678
Semi-detached house20.6% · 1,072
Terraced house22.0% · 1,144
Purpose-built flat34.2% · 1,779
Converted house5.5% · 288
Other conversion2.7% · 139
Above shop / office1.7% · 88
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010807- Council
- Peterborough City Council
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 22
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBretton15.3% aged 65+ · 46.6% owned10,476DDogsthorpe11.7% aged 65+ · 43.5% owned11,085EEast11.0% aged 65+ · 42.5% owned12,097EEye, Thorney and Newborough19.3% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned10,170GGunthorpe20.5% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned9,405NNorth10.3% aged 65+ · 42.4% owned11,786PPark10.9% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned11,503PPaston and Walton14.6% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned11,088RRavensthorpe12.7% aged 65+ · 49.7% owned12,417WWerrington21.7% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned9,887WWest24.2% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned5,644
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.