Electoral wardE05014467
Strood North & Frindsbury ward, Medway
Strood North & Frindsbury is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,213 residents in 5,582 households — 4,832 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rochester and Strood constituency.
Residents, 202114,213council ward average 11,658
Households5,5822.55 residents per household
Density4,832/ km²about 2.94 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+16.4%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 875
5–96.5% · 922
10–157.3% · 1,043
16–194.2% · 597
20–245.0% · 708
25–3413.8% · 1,954
35–4920.5% · 2,910
50–6420.2% · 2,865
65–749.2% · 1,303
75–845.1% · 723
85+2.2% · 307
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.5% · 1,036
1 car or van40.7% · 2,275
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,591
3 or more12.2% · 684
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright33.8% · 1,890
With mortgage34.7% · 1,936
Shared ownership1.0% · 54
Social rented8.4% · 467
Private rented22.2% · 1,239
Type of home
Detached house17.5% · 978
Semi-detached house32.0% · 1,786
Terraced house39.9% · 2,224
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 402
Converted house2.1% · 116
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.8% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014467- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 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 Pitt13.3% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned11,232GGillingham North10.0% aged 65+ · 45.2% owned15,691HHoo St Werburgh & High Halstow18.7% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned14,180RRochester East & Warren Wood15.1% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned13,615RRochester West & Borstal16.3% aged 65+ · 55.9% owned12,586SSt Mary's Island14.0% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned3,673SStrood Rural19.2% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned12,803SStrood West13.4% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned16,569
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.