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Electoral wardE05015042

East Malling, West Malling & Offham ward, Tonbridge and Malling

East Malling, West Malling & Offham is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,483 residents in 3,493 households — 673 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Maidstone and Malling and Tonbridge constituencies; for county elections it is in the Malling Central and Malling North divisions.

Residents, 20218,483council ward average 6,958
Households3,4932.43 residents per household
Density673/ km²about 12.60 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+21.3%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 488
5–96.3% · 531
10–158.6% · 726
16–193.9% · 335
20–243.9% · 331
25–3410.9% · 924
35–4919.1% · 1,618
50–6420.3% · 1,726
65–7411.5% · 975
75–847.0% · 594
85+2.8% · 234

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.1% · 491
1 car or van41.0% · 1,431
2 cars or vans33.1% · 1,155
3 or more11.9% · 417
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.7% · 1,141
With mortgage29.3% · 1,023
Shared ownership1.5% · 53
Social rented25.6% · 893
Private rented10.9% · 381

Type of home

Detached house26.4% · 920
Semi-detached house29.8% · 1,038
Terraced house31.0% · 1,080
Purpose-built flat8.3% · 289
Converted house1.5% · 51
Other conversion1.2% · 41
Above shop / office0.7% · 23
Caravan, mobile1.2% · 43
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015042
County council
Kent County Council
County division
Malling Central, Malling North
Region
South East
Density rank in council
12 of 19

Parishes in the ward

East Malling and LarkfieldOffhamWest Malling

Other wards in the same constituency

AAylesford North & North Downs15.6% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned9,399AAylesford South & Ditton20.9% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned9,440BBirling, 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 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% owned6,947KKings Hill11.5% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned9,515PPilgrims with Ightham24.5% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned6,322TTrench23.6% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned6,732VVauxhall13.5% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned9,039

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.