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Walderslade ward, Tonbridge and Malling

Walderslade is one of 19 electoral wards of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,705 residents in 1,096 households — 3,262 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chatham and Aylesford constituency; for county elections it is in the Malling North East division.

Residents, 20212,705council ward average 6,958
Households1,0962.47 residents per household
Density3,262/ km²about 0.83 km² · Tonbridge and Malling 550
Aged 65+22.2%Tonbridge and Malling: 19.2% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 106
5–96.2% · 167
10–157.4% · 201
16–194.1% · 112
20–244.4% · 118
25–3410.5% · 284
35–4918.9% · 512
50–6422.3% · 605
65–7411.8% · 320
75–848.0% · 216
85+2.4% · 66

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.5% · 71
1 car or van35.7% · 392
2 cars or vans40.0% · 439
3 or more17.8% · 195
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.9% · 494
With mortgage44.3% · 488
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented2.2% · 24
Private rented8.4% · 92
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house46.9% · 514
Semi-detached house39.0% · 428
Terraced house13.2% · 145
Purpose-built flat0.5% · 5
Converted house0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 2
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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.