Housing in ME7 5RB
What the homes in ME7 5RB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Chatham Maritime
- Council
- Medway
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,669 (2024)
ME7 5RBGillingham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (36.7%). Flats make up 44.4%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
32.4% of households in the ME7 5RB area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 33.5% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 16.5% own outright and 15.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned32.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.6%1%
- Private rented33.5%20.5%
- Social rented32%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.4%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 38.3% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (24.8%). 28.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Medway
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Medway (August 2026, +1.7% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around ME7 5RB (Chatham Maritime) (about 1,669 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.