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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005155

Kings Hill & Wateringbury

Kings Hill & Wateringbury is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,559 residents in Tonbridge and Malling. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

12,559

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,664

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

508

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.9%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing, East Hertfordshire10,830 residents · 76.2% owned · 6.5% no carSwanwick & Sarisbury Green, Fareham10,255 residents · 80.3% owned · 4.6% no carWest End & Bisley, Surrey Heath10,337 residents · 81.4% owned · 4.8% no carMayford & Brookwood, Woking7,265 residents · 82.8% owned · 6.9% no carHook & Rotherwick, Hart9,658 residents · 74.6% owned · 6.1% no carCrookham West, Ewshot & Crondall, Hart10,724 residents · 70.8% owned · 5.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kings Hill & Wateringbury

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned76.3%
3,560 households
Private rented12.7%
591 households
Social rented8.7%
408 households
Shared ownership2.2%
104 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached49%
2,288 households
Semi-detached24.4%
1,137 households
Terraced16.3%
763 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9%
422 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
22 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
7 households
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.1%
1,919 households
1 car or van in household36.7%
1,710 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.8%
783 households
No cars or vans in household5.4%
253 households
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms48.9%
2,281 households
3 bedrooms28%
1,307 households
2 bedrooms19.1%
893 households
1 bedroom3.9%
184 households
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household76.5%
3,566 households
One-person household19.5%
907 households
Other household types4.1%
190 households
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.5%
1,468 households
4 people in household22.4%
1,043 households
1 person in household19.4%
907 households
3 people in household19.2%
898 households
5 people in household5.9%
275 households
6 people in household1.1%
53 households
7 people in household0.4%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.4%
2,813 residents
15–2914.6%
1,839 residents
30–4418.2%
2,287 residents
45–6430.5%
3,827 residents
65 and over14.2%
1,789 residents
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.5%
11,485 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.6%
450 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
325 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
209 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
86 residents
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.9%
3,713 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.6%
1,875 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
1,498 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.9%
1,039 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.7%
832 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
408 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.7%
6,271 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.3%
3,079 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
196 residents aged 16 and over
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.4%
2,425 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.7%
2,167 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
1,221 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12%
1,147 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.1%
680 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.8%
648 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.8%
558 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.9%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
327 residents aged 16 and over
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60.3%
7,568 residents
Good health30%
3,772 residents
Fair health7.5%
944 residents
Bad health1.7%
219 residents
Very bad health0.4%
56 residents
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.2%
11,201 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.8%
1,358 residents
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension63.3%
2,955 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.8%
1,342 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.5%
302 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
62 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Kings Hill & Wateringbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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