Electoral wardE05014471
Watling ward, Medway
Watling is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,554 residents in 5,853 households — 4,133 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
Residents, 202115,554council ward average 11,658
Households5,8532.66 residents per household
Density4,133/ km²about 3.76 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+16.7%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 873
5–96.3% · 984
10–158.0% · 1,251
16–194.5% · 699
20–245.5% · 853
25–3412.7% · 1,974
35–4919.3% · 3,000
50–6421.3% · 3,312
65–749.5% · 1,470
75–845.2% · 811
85+2.0% · 318
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.2% · 1,181
1 car or van40.4% · 2,364
2 cars or vans28.2% · 1,648
3 or more11.2% · 653
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright33.1% · 1,934
With mortgage35.0% · 2,048
Shared ownership1.0% · 61
Social rented9.5% · 558
Private rented21.2% · 1,242
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house11.8% · 687
Semi-detached house28.4% · 1,658
Terraced house50.4% · 2,945
Purpose-built flat4.2% · 248
Converted house3.6% · 213
Other conversion0.4% · 22
Above shop / office1.1% · 67
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014471- Council
- Medway Council
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 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% owned9,258TTwydall19.4% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned8,859
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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.