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Electoral wardE05015048
Pilgrims with Ightham ward, Tonbridge and Malling
Pilgrims with Ightham is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,322 residents in 2,507 households — 143 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tonbridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Malling North and Malling West divisions.
Residents, 20216,322council ward average 6,958
Households2,5072.52 residents per household
Density143/ km²about 44.27 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+24.5%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 301
5–96.0% · 377
10–157.5% · 472
16–193.9% · 247
20–244.6% · 293
25–346.5% · 414
35–4918.4% · 1,162
50–6423.8% · 1,507
65–7413.5% · 856
75–848.1% · 512
85+2.9% · 185
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.5% · 138
1 car or van29.9% · 750
2 cars or vans40.7% · 1,022
3 or more23.8% · 598
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tonbridge and Malling overall: 70.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 12.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.7% · 1,121
With mortgage35.6% · 894
Shared ownership0.6% · 15
Social rented8.0% · 202
Private rented11.1% · 278
Type of home
Detached house56.2% · 1,407
Semi-detached house22.6% · 565
Terraced house17.0% · 426
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 30
Converted house0.8% · 20
Other conversion0.5% · 13
Above shop / office0.7% · 18
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 26
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015048- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Malling North, Malling West
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 19
Parishes in the ward
AddingtonIghthamStanstedTrottiscliffeWrotham
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% owned6,874HHigham25.6% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned6,026HHildenborough21.8% aged 65+ · 85.4% owned4,978JJudd13.4% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned6,947TTrench23.6% 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.