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ME5 postcode area · Medway

The ME5 postcode district spans 13 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Maidstone, Medway, Tonbridge and Malling. Area Scores range from 3 to 94 across them. Every full ME5 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the ME5 district: Hempstead & Wigmore scores 95 out of 100 (#348 of 6,856 nationally) while Luton sits at 3 — neighbours on the map, 92 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 4 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 5 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £220,000 in Luton to £419,950 in Hempstead & Wigmore — a 1.9× gap within the ME5 district. Note that the district straddles 3 local authorities — Maidstone, Medway and Tonbridge and Malling — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Living here

Typical net household income£41,056a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime91per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)40
Owner-occupied68%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the ME5 district

£310,000median home sold over the past year · +23.8% over 5 years · +5.1% over the year · 686 sales
Detached£450,000
Semi-detached£320,000
Terraced£280,000
Flat£145,000
Medway£310,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Hempstead & WigmoreMedway 34895 £419,950
Boxley & DetlingMaidstone 1,46579 £400,000
SettingtonMedway 2,00071 £285,000
Aylesford, Wouldham & Blue Bell HillTonbridge and Malling 2,19968 £337,500
HorstedMedway 2,69261 £317,500
LordswoodMedway 3,05555 £300,000
WaldersladeMedway 3,58348 £325,000
Gillingham South EastMedway 4,26938 £357,000
CapstoneMedway 4,92028 £315,000
WayfieldMedway 5,52319 £295,500
Gillingham SouthMedway 5,57119 £260,000
Chatham Central and Rochester RiversideMedway 6,5105 £224,000
LutonMedway 6,6273 £220,000

People living in ME5 Census 2021

Residents99,701
Median age (est.)40
Density1,115per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 13%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 5%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 5%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 43% · Muslim 3%

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.

Towns & places in ME5

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the ME5 district.

Chatham Gillingham South

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around ME5.

ME4 ME99 ME7 ME1 ME8 ME2 ME20 ME3

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.