Medway · England
Strood population
33,381people · latest estimate
Strood has a population of 33,381, making it the 3rd largest place in Medway. The World Gazetteer published 33,381 for Strood in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Medway population trends, 2001–2025.
Strood in context
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 Strood sits in postcode district ME2.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Medway, the billing authority covering Strood, is £2,329 for 2026–27.
From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.