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Electoral wardE05015038
Borough Green & Platt ward, Tonbridge and Malling
Borough Green & Platt is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,131 residents in 2,432 households — 672 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tonbridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Malling West division.
Residents, 20216,131council ward average 6,958
Households2,4322.52 residents per household
Density672/ km²about 9.13 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+21.1%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 375
5–96.3% · 389
10–157.8% · 476
16–194.4% · 270
20–243.5% · 213
25–3410.9% · 666
35–4919.8% · 1,211
50–6420.2% · 1,237
65–7410.0% · 616
75–847.6% · 463
85+3.5% · 214
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.4% · 229
1 car or van38.7% · 940
2 cars or vans36.9% · 897
3 or more15.0% · 364
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tonbridge and Malling overall: 70.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 12.5% private rented.
Owned outright39.0% · 949
With mortgage36.6% · 891
Shared ownership1.4% · 34
Social rented10.0% · 243
Private rented13.1% · 319
Type of home
Detached house33.8% · 824
Semi-detached house36.0% · 877
Terraced house19.5% · 475
Purpose-built flat8.2% · 201
Converted house0.9% · 22
Other conversion0.5% · 11
Above shop / office1.0% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015038- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Malling West
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 19
Parishes in the ward
Borough GreenPlatt
Other wards in the same constituency
BBirling, Leybourne & Ryarsh15.3% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned5,938BBourne23.3% aged 65+ · 69.0% owned5,004CCage Green & Angel21.2% aged 65+ · 62.4% owned8,466EEast Malling, West Malling & Offham21.3% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned8,483EEast and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury24.2% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned6,874HHigham25.6% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned6,026HHildenborough21.8% aged 65+ · 85.4% owned4,978JJudd13.4% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned6,947PPilgrims with Ightham24.5% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned6,322TTrench23.6% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned6,732VVauxhall13.5% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned9,039
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.