Electoral wardE05014464
Rochester East & Warren Wood ward, Medway
Rochester East & Warren Wood is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 13,615 residents in 5,571 households — 5,716 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford and Rochester and Strood constituencies.
Residents, 202113,615council ward average 11,658
Households5,5712.44 residents per household
Density5,716/ km²about 2.38 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+15.1%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 895
5–96.4% · 871
10–157.9% · 1,071
16–194.1% · 560
20–245.1% · 701
25–3414.9% · 2,034
35–4920.6% · 2,804
50–6419.2% · 2,617
65–748.4% · 1,147
75–844.9% · 668
85+1.8% · 247
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.0% · 1,335
1 car or van43.4% · 2,414
2 cars or vans25.1% · 1,397
3 or more7.5% · 418
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright27.2% · 1,518
With mortgage30.7% · 1,713
Shared ownership1.8% · 103
Social rented19.8% · 1,105
Private rented20.3% · 1,131
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house8.9% · 498
Semi-detached house28.3% · 1,576
Terraced house44.7% · 2,491
Purpose-built flat14.9% · 828
Converted house1.9% · 104
Other conversion0.5% · 29
Above shop / office0.7% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014464- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford, Rochester and Strood
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
AAll Saints22.1% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned4,737CChatham Central & Brompton9.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned18,008CCuxton, Halling & Riverside19.1% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned6,602FFort Horsted22.9% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,366FFort Pitt13.3% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned11,232GGillingham North10.0% aged 65+ · 45.2% owned15,691HHempstead & Wigmore27.8% aged 65+ · 89.0% owned9,725HHoo St Werburgh & High Halstow18.7% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned14,180LLordswood & Walderslade18.4% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned13,860LLuton12.0% aged 65+ · 48.0% owned9,796PPrinces Park13.9% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned10,082RRochester West & Borstal16.3% aged 65+ · 55.9% owned12,586SSt Mary's Island14.0% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned3,673SStrood North & Frindsbury16.4% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned14,213
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.