Housing in ME8 8DE
What the homes in ME8 8DE are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Rainham North East
- Council
- Medway
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,413 (2024)
ME8 8DEGillingham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (41.1%). Flats make up 22.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
46.9% of households in the ME8 8DE area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 20.3% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 25.6% own outright and 21.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned46.9%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented20.3%20.5%
- Social rented32.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%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. 33% 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 66 or over (16.5%). 23.3% 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 ME8 8DE (Rainham North East) (about 1,413 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.