Electoral wardE05014461
Rainham North ward, Medway
Rainham North is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,654 residents in 5,808 households — 1,728 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
Residents, 202113,654council ward average 11,658
Households5,8082.35 residents per household
Density1,728/ km²about 7.90 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+21.6%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 757
5–96.4% · 868
10–156.8% · 922
16–193.8% · 523
20–245.0% · 682
25–3412.9% · 1,755
35–4918.5% · 2,526
50–6419.5% · 2,664
65–7411.5% · 1,570
75–847.5% · 1,025
85+2.6% · 355
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.3% · 1,004
1 car or van43.6% · 2,529
2 cars or vans28.6% · 1,659
3 or more10.5% · 612
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright38.4% · 2,230
With mortgage33.2% · 1,929
Shared ownership0.9% · 53
Social rented10.5% · 610
Private rented16.8% · 977
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house12.0% · 699
Semi-detached house40.7% · 2,364
Terraced house35.6% · 2,072
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 567
Converted house0.8% · 46
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.8% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014461- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
CChatham Central & Brompton9.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned18,008GGillingham North10.0% aged 65+ · 45.2% owned15,691GGillingham South10.0% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned15,932HHempstead & Wigmore27.8% aged 65+ · 89.0% owned9,725RRainham 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.