Gravesham: local statistics
Gravesham is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 111,221 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Gravesham, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
An estimated 59.7% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Gravesham were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 12.8 points), against 78.9% across the South East. Its lowest reading in the series was 59.7% and its highest 84.0%.
4.3% of Gravesham residents aged 16 to 64 (2,960 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. The rate was the same a year earlier. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 3.9% (November 2022) and 5.9% (August 2021).
In March 2026, 4,670 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Gravesham, 15% more than in 2016. That is 42 for every 1,000 residents, the 46th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
Gravesham had an estimated 111,221 residents in mid-2025, up 0.5% on a year earlier. That is 4,817 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 4.5%; the South East grew by 8.1% over the same years, 46th of 64 in the South East, counting from the fastest growth. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A Band D home in Gravesham pays an average of £2,408.24 in council tax in 2026-27, up £95.18 on 2025-26. It is the 46th highest of 64 in the South East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,552.98.
The average house price in Gravesham was £344,923 in July 2026, a rise of 3.3% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 42nd highest of the 64 council areas in the South East (regional average £380,878). This July figure is the highest in the series, 25% up on July 2016. The average price is 8.2 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Gravesham. That ratio is the 48th highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
Life expectancy at birth in Gravesham is 83.7 years for women and 79.1 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.6 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.5 less. It is 45th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest for women.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Gravesham took home £859.00 a week before tax, or £42,199 over a year. That is 5.4% above the figure for the South East and the 21st highest of 64 in the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £778.10, £80.90 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £546.20, so it has risen 57% before inflation.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Gravesham on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Kent police force area: 154,163 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 7,888 fewer than the year before.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 106,404 |
| 2016 | 106,823 |
| 2017 | 106,543 |
| 2018 | 106,726 |
| 2019 | 107,348 |
| 2020 | 107,146 |
| 2021 | 106,883 |
| 2022 | 107,120 |
| 2023 | 109,114 |
| 2024 | 110,715 |
| 2025 | 111,221 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £275,242 |
| July 2017 | £292,361 |
| July 2018 | £296,501 |
| July 2019 | £291,481 |
| July 2020 | £287,267 |
| July 2021 | £315,271 |
| July 2022 | £341,071 |
| July 2023 | £339,421 |
| July 2024 | £336,027 |
| July 2025 | £333,744 |
| July 2026 | £344,923 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £546.20 a week |
| 2016 | £545.90 a week |
| 2017 | £550.00 a week |
| 2018 | £577.20 a week |
| 2019 | £621.10 a week |
| 2020 | £551.10 a week |
| 2021 | £612.20 a week |
| 2022 | £660.90 a week |
| 2023 | £759.80 a week |
| 2024 | £691.30 a week |
| 2025 | £859.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,552.98 |
| 2017-18 | £1,609.89 |
| 2018-19 | £1,689.13 |
| 2019-20 | £1,783.47 |
| 2020-21 | £1,852.50 |
| 2021-22 | £1,942.47 |
| 2022-23 | £2,003.27 |
| 2023-24 | £2,103.76 |
| 2024-25 | £2,205.28 |
| 2025-26 | £2,313.06 |
| 2026-27 | £2,408.24 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 72.7% |
| 2016/17 | 65.7% |
| 2017/18 | 71.0% |
| 2018/19 | 84.0% |
| 2019/20 | 81.8% |
| 2020/21 | 76.7% |
| 2021/22 | 78.4% |
| 2022/23 | 82.8% |
| 2023/24 | 81.6% |
| 2024/25 | 67.7% |
| 2025/26 | 59.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.2 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.8 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.3 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,050 |
| 2017 | 4,290 |
| 2018 | 4,290 |
| 2019 | 4,390 |
| 2020 | 4,510 |
| 2021 | 4,590 |
| 2022 | 4,555 |
| 2023 | 4,520 |
| 2024 | 4,485 |
| 2025 | 4,555 |
| 2026 | 4,670 |
Questions about Gravesham
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Gravesham?
2,960 in August 2026 (4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the population of Gravesham?
111,221 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Gravesham?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,408.24 for 2026-27.
What is the average house price in Gravesham?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £344,923.
What is life expectancy in Gravesham?
83.7 years for women and 79.1 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the average salary in Gravesham?
£859.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Gravesham
Every body that makes decisions for Gravesham, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Gravesham council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Gravesham in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Gravesham: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime (police force area): This figure covers the whole Kent police force area, not just Gravesham, because the Home Office tables do not give Gravesham on its own for recent years. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK employment rate · UK unemployment rate · UK population
- Other council areas in the South East: Fareham · Folkestone and Hythe · Rushmoor · Spelthorne · Woking · Worthing
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