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Electoral wardE05015808
Paddock Wood ward, Tunbridge Wells
Paddock Wood is one of 14 electoral wards of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,161 residents in 3,416 households — 830 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tunbridge Wells constituency; for county elections it is in the Tunbridge Wells Rural division.
Residents, 20218,161council ward average 8,236
Households3,4162.39 residents per household
Density830/ km²about 9.83 km² · Tunbridge Wells 348
Aged 65+21.8%Tunbridge Wells: 19.4% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 409
5–95.8% · 474
10–157.1% · 576
16–194.3% · 354
20–245.2% · 425
25–3410.7% · 872
35–4919.5% · 1,590
50–6420.6% · 1,685
65–7411.6% · 943
75–847.5% · 615
85+2.7% · 219
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.3% · 456
1 car or van42.8% · 1,463
2 cars or vans31.6% · 1,081
3 or more12.2% · 417
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tunbridge Wells overall: 65.1% owned, 14.6% social rented, 19.2% private rented.
Owned outright38.0% · 1,298
With mortgage32.8% · 1,123
Shared ownership1.1% · 39
Social rented14.9% · 511
Private rented13.1% · 448
Type of home
Detached house26.5% · 907
Semi-detached house39.8% · 1,360
Terraced house20.0% · 685
Purpose-built flat9.7% · 332
Converted house0.6% · 19
Other conversion0.5% · 17
Above shop / office0.8% · 28
Caravan, mobile2.1% · 72
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015808- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tunbridge Wells Rural
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Paddock Wood
Other wards in the same constituency
CCulverden18.2% aged 65+ · 57.8% owned8,365HHawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden23.4% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned8,720HHigh Brooms14.2% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned4,389PPantiles20.3% 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.