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Werrington ward, City of Peterborough

Werrington is one of 22 electoral wards of Peterborough City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,887 residents in 4,495 households — 2,871 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peterborough constituency.

Residents, 20219,887council ward average 9,803
Households4,4952.2 residents per household
Density2,871/ km²about 3.44 km² · City of Peterborough 628
Aged 65+21.7%City of Peterborough: 14.2% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 415
5–95.4% · 537
10–156.4% · 631
16–193.7% · 363
20–244.3% · 430
25–3411.9% · 1,173
35–4919.2% · 1,901
50–6423.1% · 2,287
65–7411.9% · 1,178
75–847.4% · 731
85+2.4% · 240

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.2% · 774
1 car or van44.6% · 2,006
2 cars or vans29.2% · 1,311
3 or more9.0% · 404
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.9% · 1,703
With mortgage29.9% · 1,345
Shared ownership1.0% · 46
Social rented11.8% · 531
Private rented19.4% · 870

Type of home

Detached house42.1% · 1,894
Semi-detached house28.3% · 1,272
Terraced house16.6% · 746
Purpose-built flat10.1% · 455
Converted house0.6% · 28
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 91
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.