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Coventry City Council
Local authority area: Coventry
Coventry is a metropolitan borough, in the West Midlands region of England. It covers 98.6 km² and had 355,600 residents in 2022 — about 3,605 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Coventry.
Town hall in the administrative centreCoventry Council House
Photo: Mintchocicecream · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Coventry, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022355,600+10.1% since 2012
Land area98.6km²38.1 sq mi
Density3,605/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#52of 382 UK councils · #48 in England
Population estimates5 data points
323.1K345.4K366.8K345.3K355.6K
20122015201820212022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Coventry became a local authority area.
Same region, same type
All councils in West MidlandsOther metropolitan boroughs in West Midlands
Elections
18 electoral wards
Census 2021: 345,312 residents in 134,139 households across the wards; 14.6% aged 65+, 57.4% of homes owned, 27.6% of households without a car.
1St Michael's8,611 households · 4.6% aged 65+28,3632Foleshill7,450 households · 7.4% aged 65+22,4783Lower Stoke8,003 households · 11.7% aged 65+21,4214Radford8,226 households · 12.2% aged 65+20,9135Henley8,266 households · 15.4% aged 65+20,2486Tile Hill & Canley8,160 households · 14.1% aged 65+20,057
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
Source: Wikidata Q20986417 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.