Aylesford South & Ditton ward, Tonbridge and Malling

Aylesford South & Ditton is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,440 residents in 3,810 households — 995 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maidstone and Malling constituency; for county elections it is in the Malling North East division.

Residents, 20219,440council ward average 6,958

Households3,8102.48 residents per household

Density995/ km²about 9.49 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550

Aged 65+20.9%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 20.9%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.1% · 672

5–96.6% · 622

10–157.2% · 681

16–193.9% · 368

20–244.7% · 444

25–3411.8% · 1,118

35–4919.1% · 1,804

50–6418.6% · 1,758

65–7410.3% · 974

75–847.7% · 730

85+2.9% · 272

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 545

1 car or van37.9% · 1,442

2 cars or vans34.8% · 1,325

3 or more13.0% · 495

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.2% · 1,266

With mortgage34.3% · 1,308

Shared ownership1.9% · 72

Social rented21.9% · 836

Private rented8.6% · 328

Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house18.5% · 705

Semi-detached house48.0% · 1,830

Terraced house15.0% · 573

Purpose-built flat16.5% · 627

Converted house0.4% · 15

Other conversion0.7% · 27

Above shop / office0.3% · 13

Caravan, mobile0.5% · 19

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05015036
Council: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
County council: Kent County Council
County division: Malling North East
Constituency: Maidstone and Malling
Region: South East
Density rank in council: 11 of 19

Parishes in the ward

AylesfordDitton

Other wards in the same constituency

AAylesford North & North Downs15.6% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned9,399 BBirling, Leybourne & Ryarsh15.3% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned5,938 EEast Malling, West Malling & Offham21.3% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned8,483 KKings Hill11.5% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned9,515

All 19 wards of Tonbridge and Malling

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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.