Electoral wardE05014453
Fort Pitt ward, Medway
Fort Pitt is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,232 residents in 4,548 households — 5,311 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford and Rochester and Strood constituencies.
Residents, 202111,232council ward average 11,658
Households4,5482.47 residents per household
Density5,311/ km²about 2.11 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+13.3%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 685
5–96.0% · 671
10–157.8% · 879
16–194.8% · 543
20–246.6% · 742
25–3414.5% · 1,625
35–4922.3% · 2,503
50–6418.7% · 2,096
65–747.4% · 831
75–844.3% · 480
85+1.6% · 178
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.5% · 1,204
1 car or van43.7% · 1,985
2 cars or vans21.9% · 995
3 or more8.0% · 362
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright25.2% · 1,146
With mortgage28.5% · 1,298
Shared ownership1.1% · 52
Social rented14.7% · 670
Private rented30.4% · 1,381
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house8.2% · 374
Semi-detached house18.5% · 842
Terraced house42.6% · 1,936
Purpose-built flat20.8% · 946
Converted house5.3% · 242
Other conversion1.6% · 73
Above shop / office2.7% · 124
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014453- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford, Rochester and Strood
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
AAll Saints22.1% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned4,737CChatham Central & Brompton9.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned18,008CCuxton, Halling & Riverside19.1% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned6,602FFort Horsted22.9% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,366GGillingham North10.0% aged 65+ · 45.2% owned15,691HHempstead & Wigmore27.8% aged 65+ · 89.0% owned9,725HHoo St Werburgh & High Halstow18.7% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned14,180LLordswood & 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% owned13,615RRochester West & Borstal16.3% aged 65+ · 55.9% owned12,586SSt Mary's Island14.0% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned3,673SStrood North & Frindsbury16.4% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned14,213
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.