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High Brooms ward, Tunbridge Wells
High Brooms is one of 14 electoral wards of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,389 residents in 1,790 households — 2,443 people per km², the 14th 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 division.
Residents, 20214,389council ward average 8,236
Households1,7902.45 residents per household
Density2,443/ km²about 1.80 km² · Tunbridge Wells 348
Aged 65+14.2%Tunbridge Wells: 19.4% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 246
5–96.4% · 281
10–159.8% · 428
16–194.7% · 205
20–244.2% · 186
25–3412.6% · 552
35–4922.9% · 1,004
50–6419.6% · 859
65–747.8% · 344
75–844.5% · 196
85+1.9% · 84
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.1% · 323
1 car or van46.9% · 838
2 cars or vans27.1% · 484
3 or more8.0% · 143
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tunbridge Wells overall: 65.1% owned, 14.6% social rented, 19.2% private rented.
Owned outright26.8% · 479
With mortgage32.9% · 588
Shared ownership1.2% · 22
Social rented24.7% · 441
Private rented14.5% · 259
Type of home
Detached house15.9% · 285
Semi-detached house42.5% · 760
Terraced house24.8% · 444
Purpose-built flat14.2% · 254
Converted house1.5% · 26
Other conversion0.7% · 12
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015807- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tunbridge Wells North
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Southborough
Other wards in the same constituency
CCulverden18.2% aged 65+ · 57.8% owned8,365HHawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden23.4% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned8,720PPaddock 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.