Medway · England
Strood population
33,381people · latest estimate
Strood has a population of 33,381, making it the 3rd largest place in Medway. In 2005 the World Gazetteer recorded 33,381, a rise of 0.0% since.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Medway population trends, 2001–2024.
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.