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Electoral wardE05014472

Wayfield & Weeds Wood ward, Medway

Wayfield & Weeds Wood is one of 24 electoral wards of Medway Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,146 residents in 3,930 households — 4,702 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford constituency.

Residents, 202110,146council ward average 11,658
Households3,9302.58 residents per household
Density4,702/ km²about 2.16 km² · Medway 1,444
Aged 65+15.4%Medway: 16.4% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 612
5–97.7% · 776
10–159.3% · 940
16–194.6% · 471
20–244.9% · 496
25–3413.1% · 1,333
35–4919.7% · 1,998
50–6419.2% · 1,950
65–748.9% · 899
75–845.0% · 503
85+1.6% · 163

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.7% · 815
1 car or van39.6% · 1,558
2 cars or vans28.9% · 1,137
3 or more10.7% · 420
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Medway overall: 64.7% owned, 13.6% social rented, 20.2% private rented.

Owned outright26.1% · 1,023
With mortgage32.3% · 1,268
Shared ownership1.0% · 39
Social rented29.6% · 1,162
Private rented11.0% · 432
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house10.7% · 419
Semi-detached house40.6% · 1,595
Terraced house39.4% · 1,551
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 295
Converted house1.2% · 46
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.6% · 25
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014472
Region
South East
Density rank in council
10 of 24

Other wards in the same constituency

CChatham Central & Brompton9.8% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned18,008FFort Horsted22.9% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned5,366FFort Pitt13.3% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned11,232HHempstead & Wigmore27.8% aged 65+ · 89.0% owned9,725LLordswood & Walderslade18.4% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned13,860LLuton12.0% aged 65+ · 48.0% owned9,796PPrinces Park13.9% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned10,082RRochester East & Warren Wood15.1% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned13,615

All 24 wards of Medway

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.