Electoral wardE05014470
Twydall ward, Medway
Twydall is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,859 residents in 3,668 households — 5,433 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
Residents, 20218,859council ward average 11,658
Households3,6682.42 residents per household
Density5,433/ km²about 1.63 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+19.4%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 491
5–96.1% · 541
10–157.4% · 652
16–194.8% · 427
20–245.3% · 472
25–3412.6% · 1,116
35–4917.7% · 1,569
50–6421.1% · 1,873
65–7410.6% · 942
75–846.1% · 542
85+2.7% · 235
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.1% · 813
1 car or van40.6% · 1,494
2 cars or vans27.1% · 997
3 or more10.1% · 372
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright30.9% · 1,133
With mortgage32.9% · 1,207
Shared ownership0.5% · 20
Social rented24.1% · 885
Private rented11.4% · 417
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house3.5% · 127
Semi-detached house44.0% · 1,616
Terraced house38.0% · 1,393
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 479
Converted house0.6% · 23
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.7% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014470- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 6 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% owned13,646RRainham South West25.4% aged 65+ · 83.5% owned9,258WWatling16.7% 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.