Electoral wardE05015039
Bourne ward, Tonbridge and Malling
Bourne is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,004 residents in 2,022 households — 158 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tonbridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Malling Rural East and Malling West divisions.
Residents, 20215,004council ward average 6,958
Households2,0222.47 residents per household
Density158/ km²about 31.59 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+23.3%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 225
5–95.8% · 290
10–157.6% · 382
16–195.9% · 295
20–244.7% · 233
25–348.0% · 400
35–4917.1% · 858
50–6423.2% · 1,162
65–7412.4% · 619
75–847.8% · 393
85+3.1% · 153
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.6% · 195
1 car or van37.4% · 756
2 cars or vans36.4% · 735
3 or more16.6% · 336
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tonbridge and Malling overall: 70.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 12.5% private rented.
Owned outright40.3% · 814
With mortgage28.7% · 579
Shared ownership1.2% · 25
Social rented19.8% · 400
Private rented10.0% · 201
Type of home
Detached house35.6% · 720
Semi-detached house34.6% · 700
Terraced house17.7% · 357
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 150
Converted house1.1% · 22
Other conversion2.9% · 58
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015039- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Malling Rural East, Malling West
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 19
Parishes in the ward
HadlowPlaxtolShipbourne
Other wards in the same constituency
BBirling, Leybourne & Ryarsh15.3% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned5,938BBorough Green & Platt21.1% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned6,131CCage 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.