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Culverden ward, Tunbridge Wells
Culverden is one of 14 electoral wards of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,365 residents in 3,907 households — 3,860 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tunbridge Wells constituency; for county elections it is in the Tunbridge Wells North and Tunbridge Wells South and Tunbridge Wells West divisions.
Residents, 20218,365council ward average 8,236
Households3,9072.14 residents per household
Density3,860/ km²about 2.17 km² · Tunbridge Wells 348
Aged 65+18.2%Tunbridge Wells: 19.4% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 397
5–94.9% · 412
10–157.7% · 647
16–193.7% · 313
20–244.8% · 398
25–3415.0% · 1,256
35–4921.5% · 1,799
50–6419.4% · 1,620
65–748.6% · 715
75–845.9% · 497
85+3.7% · 306
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.1% · 900
1 car or van50.0% · 1,953
2 cars or vans21.2% · 826
3 or more5.7% · 224
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tunbridge Wells overall: 65.1% owned, 14.6% social rented, 19.2% private rented.
Owned outright30.4% · 1,188
With mortgage27.4% · 1,068
Shared ownership1.7% · 66
Social rented6.2% · 243
Private rented34.2% · 1,335
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house18.6% · 726
Semi-detached house15.6% · 611
Terraced house8.7% · 338
Purpose-built flat33.4% · 1,305
Converted house17.3% · 677
Other conversion4.2% · 165
Above shop / office2.1% · 81
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015804- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tunbridge Wells North, Tunbridge Wells South, Tunbridge Wells West
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
HHawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden23.4% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned8,720HHigh Brooms14.2% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned4,389PPaddock Wood21.8% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned8,161PPantiles20.3% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned9,625PPark19.8% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned7,378PPembury & Capel23.7% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned8,136RRural Tunbridge Wells21.6% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned9,994RRusthall & Speldhurst23.1% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned9,284SSherwood15.4% aged 65+ · 57.8% owned10,585SSouthborough & Bidborough19.2% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned9,201SSt James'10.3% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned8,238SSt John's12.2% aged 65+ · 66.7% owned5,655
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.