Electoral wardE05014460
Princes Park ward, Medway
Princes Park is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,082 residents in 4,028 households — 1,744 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford constituency.
Residents, 202110,082council ward average 11,658
Households4,0282.5 residents per household
Density1,744/ km²about 5.78 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+13.9%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 20.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 614
5–96.6% · 670
10–158.0% · 806
16–194.3% · 431
20–245.8% · 584
25–3415.8% · 1,588
35–4919.5% · 1,965
50–6420.0% · 2,016
65–748.9% · 899
75–843.8% · 380
85+1.2% · 124
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.2% · 531
1 car or van37.6% · 1,519
2 cars or vans35.2% · 1,420
3 or more14.0% · 565
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright27.4% · 1,102
With mortgage42.3% · 1,701
Shared ownership1.1% · 44
Social rented13.6% · 549
Private rented15.5% · 625
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house22.4% · 903
Semi-detached house27.7% · 1,118
Terraced house42.3% · 1,703
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 286
Converted house0.3% · 11
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014460- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 19 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% owned13,860LLuton12.0% aged 65+ · 48.0% owned9,796RRochester 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.