Electoral wardE05014468
Strood Rural ward, Medway
Strood Rural is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,803 residents in 4,982 households — 421 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rochester and Strood constituency.
Residents, 202112,803council ward average 11,658
Households4,9822.57 residents per household
Density421/ km²about 30.40 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+19.2%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 735
5–96.4% · 815
10–157.1% · 914
16–194.6% · 591
20–244.9% · 631
25–3411.2% · 1,435
35–4919.9% · 2,546
50–6420.9% · 2,671
65–7411.0% · 1,407
75–846.1% · 781
85+2.2% · 276
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.9% · 494
1 car or van34.7% · 1,726
2 cars or vans38.5% · 1,917
3 or more16.9% · 840
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright36.3% · 1,807
With mortgage41.2% · 2,050
Shared ownership1.3% · 66
Social rented10.8% · 539
Private rented10.4% · 518
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house25.9% · 1,291
Semi-detached house43.8% · 2,182
Terraced house21.8% · 1,087
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 378
Converted house0.5% · 26
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.1% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014468- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Cliffe and Cliffe WoodsCoolingFrindsbury Extra
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 North & Frindsbury16.4% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned14,213SStrood 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.