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Electoral wardE05015041
East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury ward, Tonbridge and Malling
East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,874 residents in 2,848 households — 169 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tonbridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Malling Rural East division.
Residents, 20216,874council ward average 6,958
Households2,8482.41 residents per household
Density169/ km²about 40.60 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+24.2%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 282
5–95.3% · 364
10–156.9% · 475
16–194.8% · 328
20–244.3% · 293
25–348.5% · 583
35–4916.8% · 1,153
50–6425.2% · 1,729
65–7413.3% · 915
75–847.8% · 537
85+3.0% · 208
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.0% · 256
1 car or van34.5% · 981
2 cars or vans36.3% · 1,033
3 or more20.2% · 574
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tonbridge and Malling overall: 70.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 12.5% private rented.
Owned outright42.2% · 1,203
With mortgage32.1% · 914
Shared ownership1.3% · 36
Social rented10.1% · 287
Private rented14.3% · 408
Type of home
Detached house41.0% · 1,165
Semi-detached house33.7% · 959
Terraced house17.0% · 482
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 148
Converted house1.0% · 28
Other conversion0.5% · 14
Above shop / office0.9% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015041- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Malling Rural East
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 19
Parishes in the ward
East PeckhamMereworthWateringburyWest Peckham
Other wards in the same constituency
BBirling, Leybourne & Ryarsh15.3% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned5,938BBorough Green & Platt21.1% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned6,131BBourne23.3% aged 65+ · 69.0% owned5,004CCage Green & Angel21.2% aged 65+ · 62.4% owned8,466EEast Malling, West Malling & Offham21.3% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned8,483HHigham25.6% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.