Strood South & Temple Marsh

Medway · South East · population 10,230 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,803 of 6,856 in England
  • #966 of 1,119 in South East
  • #22 of 38 in Medway
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,074
Median age (est.)35
Density3,889per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above23%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 15%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 25%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 4%Black: 8%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 84%Asian 4%Black 8%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Strood South & Temple Marsh is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,803 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 38 in Medway. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (65) and lowest on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £290,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 135 sales), 6% below the wider Medway median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,223 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 101 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 34 · #4,529
Employment 35 · #4,433
Education 22 · #5,318
Health 39 · #4,180
Crime 19 · #5,564
Housing & access 16 · #5,763
Living environment 65 · #2,384

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · +0.3% yr · n=135
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,000135+0.3%+18.4%
Detached£570,0007+9.6%
Semi-detached£310,00050+1.6%+19.2%
Terraced£290,00055+2.7%+20.8%
Flat£205,00023+8.5%+17.1%
This area£290,000
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)£41,223±£5,820 · #3,061 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,868
Price-to-income ?7.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

101 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,034 offences
Medway86
South East71
England83

Rank #4,981 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences373
Theft295
Burglary25
Vehicle crime61
Criminal damage & arson87
Public order & weapons65
Drugs65
Robbery25
Other38

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 264 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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