Medway: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£535,212

Semi-detached

£354,042

Terraced

£276,192

Flat or maisonette

£168,832

First-time buyers

£270,791

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  242,528 in 1991 → 292,655 in 2024 (+20.7%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £147,991 in 2005 → £298,547 in 2026 (+101.7%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £435 in 2008 → £662 in 2025 (+52.0%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  73.6% in 2004 → 76.9% in 2023 (+4.5%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  2.1% in 2001 → 4.1% in 2025 (+95.2%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £10,757 in 1997 → £24,115 in 2024 (+124.2%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Medway; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment2.7 t per person (2024) · 23rd lowest of 361
• Business births · Economy & work11.8% (2024) · 90th highest of 361
• No qualifications · Education & skills4.4% (2023) · 73rd lowest of 293
• Home gas use · Environment9,370 kWh (2024/25) · 106th lowest of 347

Where it ranks worst

• Job density · Economy & work0.62 jobs per resident (2024) · 293rd highest of 350
• Public EV chargers · Connectivity & access79.3 per 100,000 (mid-2026) · 304th highest of 361
• Life satisfaction · Health & wellbeing7.3 out of 10 (2022/23) · 293rd highest of 363
• Claimant count · Economy & work4.1% (2025) · 275th lowest of 361

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)78.5 years · England 80.0 · 103rd highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)82.9 years · England 83.8 · 96th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)59.0 years · England 60.9 · 94th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)60.2 years · England 61.3 · 79th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)370.5 per 100k · England 321.0 · 101st lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)11.2% · England 10.4 · 88th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)68.0% · England 64.6 · 103rd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)69.6% · England 68.3 · 61st highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)45.0 score · England 46.0 · 89th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)10.8% · England 5.8 · 143rd lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)17.4% · England 19.8 · 68th lowest of 153