Electoral wardE05014459
Luton ward, Medway
Luton is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,796 residents in 4,019 households — 6,611 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford constituency.
Residents, 20219,796council ward average 11,658
Households4,0192.44 residents per household
Density6,611/ km²about 1.48 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+12.0%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.8% · 769
5–97.2% · 710
10–158.1% · 798
16–194.7% · 459
20–245.5% · 540
25–3414.9% · 1,461
35–4921.0% · 2,054
50–6418.7% · 1,832
65–746.7% · 657
75–844.0% · 387
85+1.3% · 130
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.7% · 1,233
1 car or van43.1% · 1,733
2 cars or vans19.6% · 788
3 or more6.5% · 263
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright21.1% · 849
With mortgage26.9% · 1,079
Shared ownership1.1% · 45
Social rented18.4% · 741
Private rented32.3% · 1,296
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house6.7% · 269
Semi-detached house21.7% · 871
Terraced house46.9% · 1,882
Purpose-built flat18.9% · 759
Converted house4.5% · 181
Other conversion0.4% · 17
Above shop / office0.9% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014459- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 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% owned9,725LLordswood & Walderslade18.4% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned13,860PPrinces 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.