Electoral wardE05014458
Lordswood & Walderslade ward, Medway
Lordswood & Walderslade is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,860 residents in 5,474 households — 4,851 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford constituency.
Residents, 202113,860council ward average 11,658
Households5,4742.53 residents per household
Density4,851/ km²about 2.86 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+18.4%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 804
5–96.3% · 868
10–157.8% · 1,085
16–194.5% · 625
20–245.1% · 707
25–3412.9% · 1,793
35–4919.4% · 2,691
50–6419.8% · 2,739
65–7410.4% · 1,448
75–846.1% · 847
85+1.8% · 251
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.7% · 641
1 car or van38.0% · 2,079
2 cars or vans35.6% · 1,951
3 or more14.7% · 804
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright36.1% · 1,974
With mortgage41.3% · 2,262
Shared ownership1.4% · 79
Social rented7.6% · 415
Private rented13.5% · 741
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house16.4% · 899
Semi-detached house37.3% · 2,040
Terraced house35.4% · 1,936
Purpose-built flat9.4% · 513
Converted house0.7% · 39
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.5% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014458- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
CChatham Central & Brompton9.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned18,008FFort Horsted22.9% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,366FFort Pitt13.3% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned11,232HHempstead & Wigmore27.8% aged 65+ · 89.0% owned9,725LLuton12.0% 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.