Electoral wardE05014454
Gillingham North ward, Medway
Gillingham North is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,691 residents in 6,045 households — 6,161 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gillingham and Rainham and Rochester and Strood constituencies.
Residents, 202115,691council ward average 11,658
Households6,0452.6 residents per household
Density6,161/ km²about 2.55 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+10.0%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 1,061
5–96.9% · 1,083
10–157.6% · 1,191
16–196.5% · 1,024
20–249.3% · 1,464
25–3416.3% · 2,565
35–4919.4% · 3,044
50–6417.1% · 2,683
65–746.0% · 941
75–843.0% · 473
85+1.0% · 162
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.3% · 1,586
1 car or van45.9% · 2,771
2 cars or vans21.4% · 1,294
3 or more6.4% · 389
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright19.2% · 1,163
With mortgage26.0% · 1,569
Shared ownership3.4% · 208
Social rented19.6% · 1,184
Private rented31.7% · 1,918
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house5.3% · 322
Semi-detached house15.5% · 941
Terraced house52.3% · 3,167
Purpose-built flat23.6% · 1,430
Converted house2.1% · 126
Other conversion0.6% · 35
Above shop / office0.5% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014454- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham, Rochester and Strood
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 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 Pitt13.3% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned11,232GGillingham South10.0% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned15,932HHempstead & Wigmore27.8% aged 65+ · 89.0% owned9,725HHoo St Werburgh & High Halstow18.7% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned14,180RRainham North21.6% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned13,654RRainham South East20.2% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned13,646RRainham South West25.4% aged 65+ · 83.5% owned9,258RRochester 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.