Electoral wardE05014462
Rainham South East ward, Medway
Rainham South East is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,646 residents in 5,522 households — 2,434 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
Residents, 202113,646council ward average 11,658
Households5,5222.47 residents per household
Density2,434/ km²about 5.61 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+20.2%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 791
5–96.3% · 866
10–157.7% · 1,048
16–194.3% · 588
20–244.6% · 632
25–3412.6% · 1,723
35–4919.8% · 2,698
50–6418.6% · 2,537
65–7411.7% · 1,596
75–846.6% · 902
85+1.9% · 262
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.7% · 592
1 car or van39.6% · 2,188
2 cars or vans36.4% · 2,009
3 or more13.3% · 732
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright40.5% · 2,239
With mortgage40.6% · 2,245
Shared ownership0.6% · 35
Social rented4.1% · 225
Private rented14.2% · 784
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house17.8% · 980
Semi-detached house26.4% · 1,456
Terraced house48.7% · 2,684
Purpose-built flat6.5% · 361
Converted house0.2% · 12
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014462- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 16 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 North21.6% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned13,654RRainham 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.