Parkwood East

Medway · South East · population 6,150 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

83Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,163 of 6,856 in England
  • #336 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 38 in Medway
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,253
Median age (est.)39
Density1,566per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above25%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 45%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 45%Social rent 2%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 22%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades12%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Parkwood East is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,163 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 38 in Medway. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (84) and lowest on Housing & access (52). Typical homes here sold for about £312,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 109 sales), in line with the wider Medway median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,512 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 78 · #1,540
Employment 84 · #1,081
Education 53 · #3,247
Health 75 · #1,712
Crime 73 · #1,849
Housing & access 52 · #3,323
Living environment 83 · #1,143

House prices ?

£312,500median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£312,500109+2.5%+12.4%
Detached£510,00013+19.0%+1.0%
Semi-detached£357,50032+6.7%+25.4%
Terraced£300,00057+4.9%+13.2%
Flat£180,0007-5.1%
This area£312,500
Medway£310,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£47,512±£6,673 · #1,545 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,347
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 240 offences
Medway86
South East71
England83

Rank #1,163 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences90
Theft30
Burglary12
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons15
Drugs26
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 48 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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