Electoral wardE05014463
Rainham South West ward, Medway
Rainham South West is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,258 residents in 3,702 households — 3,668 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
Residents, 20219,258council ward average 11,658
Households3,7022.5 residents per household
Density3,668/ km²about 2.52 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+25.4%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 398
5–95.9% · 549
10–157.3% · 677
16–194.7% · 433
20–244.9% · 454
25–349.0% · 834
35–4918.3% · 1,697
50–6420.2% · 1,871
65–7413.5% · 1,254
75–848.9% · 820
85+3.0% · 275
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.5% · 499
1 car or van37.1% · 1,373
2 cars or vans34.3% · 1,271
3 or more15.1% · 560
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright47.7% · 1,766
With mortgage35.7% · 1,322
Shared ownership0.3% · 11
Social rented6.4% · 236
Private rented9.8% · 361
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house31.3% · 1,158
Semi-detached house47.2% · 1,747
Terraced house13.2% · 490
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 243
Converted house0.7% · 26
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office0.5% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014463- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 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 East20.2% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned13,646TTwydall19.4% 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.