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Aylesford North & North Downs ward, Tonbridge and Malling

Aylesford North & North Downs is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,399 residents in 3,849 households — 383 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford and Maidstone and Malling constituencies; for county elections it is in the Malling North East division.

Residents, 20219,399council ward average 6,958
Households3,8492.44 residents per household
Density383/ km²about 24.52 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+15.6%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 602
5–96.2% · 586
10–156.7% · 630
16–193.7% · 350
20–245.4% · 506
25–3415.6% · 1,468
35–4920.0% · 1,884
50–6420.3% · 1,907
65–748.6% · 809
75–845.5% · 521
85+1.4% · 136

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.4% · 283
1 car or van37.5% · 1,442
2 cars or vans39.2% · 1,510
3 or more16.0% · 614
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Tonbridge and Malling overall: 70.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 12.5% private rented.

Owned outright29.4% · 1,130
With mortgage45.9% · 1,764
Shared ownership3.3% · 128
Social rented10.7% · 411
Private rented10.7% · 411
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house23.5% · 901
Semi-detached house32.6% · 1,251
Terraced house32.7% · 1,256
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 365
Converted house0.7% · 27
Other conversion0.5% · 21
Above shop / office0.5% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.