Strood West · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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Census 2021
17 female, 15 male
3,527 residents
1,848 residents
4,656 residents
3,760 residents
2,116 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME2 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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within 5 km
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
898 m
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
1.5 km
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
2.3 km
25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY
ODS code G82711
2.9 km
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
3.3 km
65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY
ODS code G82051
4.3 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Bligh Way Shops
BCT · Earl Estate
Bligh Way Shops
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Albatross Avenue
BCT · Earl Estate
Albatross Avenue
BCT · Earl Estate
Scholars Rise
BCT · Earl Estate
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 008B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
2 of 10
Overall England rank
5,338 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
48 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 7 secondary schools. Bligh Primary School (Infants) is the nearest published school at 202 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
1,140 published events cover 12 months, averaging 95 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 557 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.