Electoral wardE05014455
Gillingham South ward, Medway
Gillingham South is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,932 residents in 6,314 households — 9,124 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
Residents, 202115,932council ward average 11,658
Households6,3142.52 residents per household
Density9,124/ km²about 1.75 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+10.0%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 22.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.3% · 1,170
5–97.3% · 1,167
10–158.2% · 1,305
16–194.6% · 732
20–247.2% · 1,146
25–3416.7% · 2,670
35–4921.6% · 3,439
50–6417.0% · 2,714
65–746.2% · 993
75–842.9% · 463
85+0.9% · 143
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.8% · 2,132
1 car or van44.7% · 2,821
2 cars or vans17.2% · 1,083
3 or more4.4% · 277
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright19.8% · 1,248
With mortgage25.1% · 1,582
Shared ownership0.5% · 30
Social rented10.2% · 643
Private rented44.4% · 2,804
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house4.8% · 304
Semi-detached house8.5% · 539
Terraced house61.4% · 3,872
Purpose-built flat15.4% · 970
Converted house7.2% · 453
Other conversion0.7% · 46
Above shop / office1.9% · 120
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014455- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 24
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
CChatham Central & Brompton9.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned18,008GGillingham North10.0% aged 65+ · 45.2% owned15,691HHempstead & Wigmore27.8% aged 65+ · 89.0% owned9,725RRainham North21.6% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned13,654RRainham South East20.2% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned13,646RRainham South West25.4% aged 65+ · 83.5% owned9,258TTwydall19.4% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned8,859WWatling16.7% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned15,554
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.