Medway · England
Rainham population
6,394people · latest estimate
Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rainham has a population of 6,394, making it the 5th largest place in Medway.
#5
of 14 in Medway
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Medway population trends, 2001–2024.
Rainham in context
5 km
north-west to Gillingham, the nearest larger town
321,778
people live within 10 km
#1,665
largest of 6,358 UK places
643
food businesses in Medway
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Rainham sits in postcode district ME8.
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Population since 2001
Medway, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district ME8
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile