Electoral wardE05015043
Higham ward, Tonbridge and Malling
Higham is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,026 residents in 2,429 households — 1,350 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tonbridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Tonbridge division.
Residents, 20216,026council ward average 6,958
Households2,4292.48 residents per household
Density1,350/ km²about 4.47 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+25.6%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 280
5–96.1% · 368
10–158.3% · 501
16–194.5% · 273
20–244.0% · 239
25–348.2% · 494
35–4917.8% · 1,070
50–6420.9% · 1,257
65–7411.2% · 673
75–8410.5% · 633
85+3.9% · 237
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.2% · 296
1 car or van39.5% · 961
2 cars or vans33.6% · 818
3 or more14.6% · 356
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tonbridge and Malling overall: 70.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 12.5% private rented.
Owned outright45.0% · 1,093
With mortgage31.0% · 754
Shared ownership0.7% · 17
Social rented16.8% · 408
Private rented6.5% · 157
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house30.3% · 738
Semi-detached house60.3% · 1,466
Terraced house7.2% · 174
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 33
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015043- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tonbridge
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 19
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% owned8,483EEast and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury24.2% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned6,874HHildenborough21.8% 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.