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Electoral wardE05010809

East ward, City of Peterborough

East is one of 22 electoral wards of Peterborough City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 12,097 residents in 4,712 households — 1,246 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peterborough constituency.

Residents, 202112,097council ward average 9,803
Households4,7122.57 residents per household
Density1,246/ km²about 9.71 km² · City of Peterborough 628
Aged 65+11.0%City of Peterborough: 14.2% · under 16: 24.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.7% · 929
5–97.8% · 949
10–159.1% · 1,100
16–194.8% · 580
20–246.2% · 751
25–3416.8% · 2,034
35–4922.1% · 2,672
50–6414.5% · 1,754
65–746.3% · 760
75–843.5% · 425
85+1.2% · 144

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.9% · 1,458
1 car or van47.4% · 2,232
2 cars or vans17.2% · 812
3 or more4.5% · 210
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Peterborough overall: 55.5% owned, 18.6% social rented, 24.4% private rented.

Owned outright19.4% · 916
With mortgage23.1% · 1,086
Shared ownership2.0% · 95
Social rented23.1% · 1,087
Private rented32.1% · 1,513
Lives rent free0.3% · 13

Type of home

Detached house14.6% · 690
Semi-detached house36.8% · 1,732
Terraced house19.1% · 901
Purpose-built flat22.1% · 1,039
Converted house2.2% · 105
Other conversion0.6% · 29
Above shop / office0.5% · 22
Caravan, mobile4.1% · 194
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010809
Constituency
Peterborough
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
17 of 22

Other wards in the same constituency

BBretton15.3% aged 65+ · 46.6% owned10,476CCentral9.6% aged 65+ · 34.6% owned14,111DDogsthorpe11.7% aged 65+ · 43.5% owned11,085EEye, 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

All 22 wards of City of Peterborough

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.