Electoral wardE05014452
Fort Horsted ward, Medway
Fort Horsted is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,366 residents in 2,222 households — 2,618 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford constituency.
Residents, 20215,366council ward average 11,658
Households2,2222.41 residents per household
Density2,618/ km²about 2.05 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+22.9%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 308
5–95.0% · 268
10–156.6% · 355
16–193.8% · 205
20–244.5% · 240
25–3413.4% · 719
35–4918.7% · 1,005
50–6419.4% · 1,043
65–7412.1% · 651
75–847.7% · 415
85+3.0% · 163
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.9% · 308
1 car or van39.2% · 870
2 cars or vans33.6% · 747
3 or more13.4% · 297
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright41.3% · 920
With mortgage40.4% · 899
Shared ownership2.7% · 61
Social rented4.7% · 105
Private rented10.8% · 240
Type of home
Detached house20.8% · 462
Semi-detached house49.0% · 1,089
Terraced house19.4% · 431
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 223
Converted house0.2% · 5
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014452- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
CChatham Central & Brompton9.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned18,008FFort Pitt13.3% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned11,232HHempstead & Wigmore27.8% aged 65+ · 89.0% owned9,725LLordswood & Walderslade18.4% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned13,860LLuton12.0% aged 65+ · 48.0% owned9,796PPrinces Park13.9% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned10,082RRochester East & Warren Wood15.1% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned13,615WWayfield & Weeds Wood15.4% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned10,146
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.