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Canalside ward, Woking

Canalside is one of 10 electoral wards of Woking Borough Council, in Surrey (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,515 residents in 3,898 households — 4,160 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Woking constituency; for county elections it is in the Goldsworth East and Horsell Village and Woking North divisions.

Residents, 202110,515council ward average 10,394
Households3,8982.7 residents per household
Density4,160/ km²about 2.53 km² · Woking 1,635
Aged 65+9.7%Woking: 16.5% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.1% · 742
5–96.7% · 707
10–157.4% · 777
16–194.4% · 465
20–247.2% · 753
25–3419.7% · 2,071
35–4923.2% · 2,441
50–6414.6% · 1,533
65–745.5% · 580
75–842.8% · 290
85+1.5% · 155

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.5% · 1,071
1 car or van41.3% · 1,609
2 cars or vans22.3% · 869
3 or more9.0% · 349
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Woking overall: 66.4% owned, 11.6% social rented, 21.1% private rented.

Owned outright18.5% · 721
With mortgage25.2% · 983
Shared ownership1.0% · 38
Social rented20.0% · 780
Private rented35.0% · 1,363
Lives rent free0.3% · 13

Type of home

Detached house13.3% · 519
Semi-detached house20.2% · 787
Terraced house20.3% · 790
Purpose-built flat40.1% · 1,565
Converted house3.3% · 127
Other conversion0.7% · 26
Above shop / office2.1% · 81
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.