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Medway
Dartford
Gravesham
Thanet
Swale
Sevenoaks
Tonbridge
& Malling
Canterbury
Maidstone
CANTERBURY
The district includes the City of Canterbury, the
surrounding countryside, and an area extending to
the Thames estuary, including the seaside towns of
Whitstable and Herne Bay.
Canterbury has been the seat of the spiritual head
of the Church of England for nearly five centuries
and is home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites;
Canterbury Cathedral, Church of St Martin and the
ruins of St Augustine’s Abbey.
Tunbridge
Wells
Dover
Ashford
Folkestone
& Hythe
The SEAT of the
spiritual head of the
Church of England
Rough sleepers in Canterbury account for 23.8% of the Kent total
DEMOGRAPHICS
PRIORITY AREAS OF NEED
Resident population of 166,800.
1. Prevention of homelessness and rough sleeping
Canterbury ranks highest for rough sleeping and the
homelessness indicators are further reinforced as it also
ranks highest for statutory homeless people not in
priority need.11
270,000
260,000
278,556
280,000
Street counts and estimates show that Canterbury
had 24 people who were sleeping rough on a single night
in autumn 2020.12 This is the largest number in Kent and
accounts for 23.8% of the Kent total.13 The issue of
homelessness in Canterbury is linked to lack of
affordable housing, exacerbated by being a student
city with student rents pushing up the market and
making rents unaffordable for families and individuals
experiencing poverty.
250,000
240,000
230,000
220,000
210,000
200,000
190,000
NEEDS ANALYSIS
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113,300
118,500
114,100
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100,000
Da
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110,000
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120,000
121,400
130,000
131,000
140,000
132,600
150,000
2. Improving mental health support in the
community
The range of indicators captured for Canterbury under
the mental health banner suggests a growing need
for support around mental health and in particular, crisis
141,500
160,000
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151,000
173,100
170,000
166,800
180,000
Hospital admissions because of m
Suicide rate is the top ranked in K
