Electoral wardE05015051
Trench ward, Tonbridge and Malling
Trench is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,732 residents in 2,745 households — 2,729 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tonbridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Tonbridge division.
Residents, 20216,732council ward average 6,958
Households2,7452.45 residents per household
Density2,729/ km²about 2.47 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+23.6%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 358
5–96.4% · 434
10–158.5% · 571
16–194.5% · 306
20–244.8% · 322
25–349.6% · 646
35–4917.0% · 1,144
50–6420.3% · 1,363
65–7411.1% · 748
75–848.8% · 589
85+3.7% · 248
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.6% · 538
1 car or van41.6% · 1,143
2 cars or vans27.5% · 756
3 or more11.3% · 309
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tonbridge and Malling overall: 70.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 12.5% private rented.
Owned outright37.6% · 1,033
With mortgage22.7% · 623
Shared ownership2.0% · 56
Social rented32.0% · 877
Private rented5.6% · 155
Type of home
Detached house13.6% · 374
Semi-detached house55.3% · 1,519
Terraced house15.0% · 411
Purpose-built flat11.4% · 313
Converted house0.5% · 14
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.6% · 17
Caravan, mobile3.4% · 93
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015051- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tonbridge
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 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% owned6,874HHigham25.6% 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% owned6,322VVauxhall13.5% 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.