Electoral wardE05014917
Meopham North ward, Gravesham
Meopham North is one of 17 electoral wards of Gravesham Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,350 residents in 1,804 households — 398 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gravesham constituency; for county elections it is in the Gravesham Rural division.
Residents, 20214,350council ward average 6,289
Households1,8042.41 residents per household
Density398/ km²about 10.92 km² · Gravesham 1,080
Aged 65+27.0%Gravesham: 17.2% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 198
5–95.0% · 216
10–156.9% · 298
16–194.0% · 173
20–244.3% · 189
25–348.6% · 375
35–4916.7% · 726
50–6423.0% · 999
65–7413.4% · 582
75–849.7% · 420
85+4.0% · 174
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.1% · 146
1 car or van37.9% · 682
2 cars or vans36.6% · 659
3 or more17.3% · 312
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gravesham overall: 62.2% owned, 17.4% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright49.3% · 889
With mortgage33.1% · 597
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented7.3% · 132
Private rented9.5% · 172
Lives rent free0.3% · 5
Type of home
Detached house42.1% · 760
Semi-detached house40.6% · 732
Terraced house10.3% · 186
Purpose-built flat3.8% · 69
Converted house0.9% · 17
Other conversion0.3% · 5
Above shop / office1.1% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014917- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Gravesham Rural
- Constituency
- Gravesham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Meopham
Other wards in the same constituency
CChalk26.2% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned2,208CColdharbour & Perry Street13.9% aged 65+ · 52.1% owned9,713DDenton8.2% aged 65+ · 54.0% owned4,779HHigham & Shorne27.1% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned6,564IIstead Rise, Cobham & Luddesdown30.8% aged 65+ · 87.7% owned4,883MMeopham South & Vigo22.3% aged 65+ · 90.5% owned4,449NNorthfleet & Springhead9.2% aged 65+ · 42.0% owned8,570PPainters Ash24.8% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned5,681PPelham16.6% aged 65+ · 51.5% owned5,136RRiverview Park23.1% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned5,887RRosherville10.5% aged 65+ · 52.1% owned4,307SSinglewell12.1% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned5,039TTown10.9% aged 65+ · 34.5% owned11,215WWestcourt15.2% aged 65+ · 53.6% owned7,276
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.