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Gunthorpe ward, City of Peterborough

Gunthorpe is one of 22 electoral wards of Peterborough City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,405 residents in 4,132 households — 2,590 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peterborough constituency.

Residents, 20219,405council ward average 9,803
Households4,1322.28 residents per household
Density2,590/ km²about 3.63 km² · City of Peterborough 628
Aged 65+20.5%City of Peterborough: 14.2% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 601
5–96.1% · 578
10–156.2% · 580
16–193.1% · 292
20–244.6% · 431
25–3415.3% · 1,435
35–4918.6% · 1,747
50–6419.3% · 1,819
65–7410.5% · 990
75–847.1% · 670
85+2.8% · 264

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.4% · 638
1 car or van45.7% · 1,886
2 cars or vans29.8% · 1,233
3 or more9.1% · 374
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.7% · 1,515
With mortgage34.0% · 1,405
Shared ownership2.7% · 111
Social rented12.4% · 513
Private rented14.2% · 585
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house39.6% · 1,635
Semi-detached house38.7% · 1,600
Terraced house15.6% · 645
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 229
Converted house0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.