Electoral wardE05014922
Riverview Park ward, Gravesham
Riverview Park is one of 17 electoral wards of Gravesham Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,887 residents in 2,262 households — 3,224 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gravesham constituency; for county elections it is in the Gravesend East division.
Residents, 20215,887council ward average 6,289
Households2,2622.6 residents per household
Density3,224/ km²about 1.83 km² · Gravesham 1,080
Aged 65+23.1%Gravesham: 17.2% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 322
5–95.8% · 343
10–157.4% · 433
16–194.3% · 251
20–244.8% · 284
25–3411.1% · 652
35–4917.8% · 1,047
50–6420.4% · 1,201
65–7411.4% · 672
75–847.9% · 463
85+3.8% · 223
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.3% · 279
1 car or van36.2% · 818
2 cars or vans36.0% · 813
3 or more15.5% · 350
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Gravesham overall: 62.2% owned, 17.4% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright45.6% · 1,032
With mortgage36.9% · 835
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented8.5% · 193
Private rented8.7% · 196
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house5.5% · 124
Semi-detached house70.2% · 1,588
Terraced house18.7% · 423
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 109
Converted house0.2% · 4
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.6% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014922- Council
- Gravesham Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Gravesend East
- Constituency
- Gravesham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 17
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% owned4,350MMeopham 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% owned5,136RRosherville10.5% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.