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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005160

Tonbridge Town

Tonbridge Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,509 residents in Tonbridge and Malling. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

12,509

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,373

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,270.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.8%

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.

Warwick South West & Aylesford, Warwick12,697 residents · 56.4% owned · 17.3% no carHuntingdon Central & West, Huntingdonshire10,399 residents · 52.4% owned · 23.5% no carWokingham Town, Wokingham9,718 residents · 57.1% owned · 20.7% no carHaywards Heath West, Mid Sussex11,827 residents · 58.7% owned · 19.1% no carAbingdon Town & West, Vale of White Horse10,981 residents · 52.2% owned · 23.3% no carBishop's Stortford Central, East Hertfordshire10,373 residents · 55.1% owned · 20.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Tonbridge Town

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

Tenure

Owned55.5%
2,983 households
Private rented24.6%
1,322 households
Social rented15.8%
850 households
Shared ownership4.1%
218 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30.9%
1,662 households
Semi-detached27.6%
1,482 households
Terraced22.3%
1,199 households
Detached12.7%
684 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
123 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2%
110 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.9%
104 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
9 households
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household50.3%
2,700 households
No cars or vans in household22.3%
1,196 households
2 cars or vans in household21%
1,130 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.4%
346 households
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms36.6%
1,969 households
3 bedrooms28.6%
1,536 households
4 or more bedrooms18.5%
994 households
1 bedroom16.3%
874 households
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.5%
3,304 households
One-person household34%
1,827 households
Other household types4.5%
242 households
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34%
1,827 households
2 people in household32.1%
1,727 households
3 people in household15.5%
832 households
4 people in household13.8%
742 households
5 people in household3.6%
195 households
6 people in household0.7%
40 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.8%
2,346 residents
15–2918.8%
2,354 residents
30–4422.9%
2,868 residents
45–6424.5%
3,061 residents
65 and over15%
1,879 residents
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.4%
11,061 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.4%
803 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
387 residents
Other ethnic group1.1%
138 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
118 residents
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.8%
3,961 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
1,549 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,499 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.6%
1,355 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
895 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
425 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.3%
6,493 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.3%
3,314 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
2,284 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.3%
1,825 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
1,240 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.4%
1,031 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.6%
955 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
933 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.7%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.4%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
473 residents aged 16 and over
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.8%
6,478 residents
Good health33.3%
4,165 residents
Fair health11.1%
1,389 residents
Bad health3.1%
382 residents
Very bad health0.8%
94 residents
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.6%
10,585 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.4%
1,923 residents
Tonbridge Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.2%
2,911 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.7%
1,704 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.5%
619 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
130 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
8 households
Tonbridge Town · 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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