Electoral wardE05014918
Meopham South & Vigo ward, Gravesham
Meopham South & Vigo is one of 17 electoral wards of Gravesham Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,449 residents in 1,718 households — 446 people per km², the 14th 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, 20214,449council ward average 6,289
Households1,7182.59 residents per household
Density446/ km²about 9.98 km² · Gravesham 1,080
Aged 65+22.3%Gravesham: 17.2% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 197
5–95.3% · 236
10–157.6% · 338
16–194.6% · 203
20–244.7% · 209
25–349.9% · 440
35–4917.9% · 795
50–6423.4% · 1,042
65–7413.4% · 595
75–847.5% · 332
85+1.5% · 65
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van4.5% · 77
1 car or van30.1% · 515
2 cars or vans40.2% · 689
3 or more25.2% · 431
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gravesham overall: 62.2% owned, 17.4% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright48.1% · 827
With mortgage42.4% · 730
Shared ownership0.5% · 9
Social rented1.0% · 18
Private rented7.8% · 135
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house48.8% · 838
Semi-detached house12.8% · 220
Terraced house33.0% · 566
Purpose-built flat0.7% · 12
Converted house0.2% · 3
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 10
Caravan, mobile3.7% · 64
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014918- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Gravesham Rural
- Constituency
- Gravesham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 17
Parishes in the ward
MeophamVigo
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 North27.0% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned4,350NNorthfleet & 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.