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Electoral wardE05015811
Pembury & Capel ward, Tunbridge Wells
Pembury & Capel is one of 14 electoral wards of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,136 residents in 3,288 households — 229 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tunbridge Wells constituency; for county elections it is in the Tunbridge Wells East and Tunbridge Wells Rural divisions.
Residents, 20218,136council ward average 8,236
Households3,2882.47 residents per household
Density229/ km²about 35.50 km² · Tunbridge Wells 348
Aged 65+23.7%Tunbridge Wells: 19.4% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 303
5–96.1% · 499
10–158.2% · 666
16–194.4% · 354
20–244.1% · 332
25–349.2% · 750
35–4918.6% · 1,516
50–6422.0% · 1,786
65–7412.1% · 985
75–848.1% · 655
85+3.5% · 284
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.1% · 366
1 car or van34.7% · 1,139
2 cars or vans37.4% · 1,229
3 or more16.8% · 551
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tunbridge Wells overall: 65.1% owned, 14.6% social rented, 19.2% private rented.
Owned outright40.7% · 1,340
With mortgage30.9% · 1,018
Shared ownership0.7% · 24
Social rented14.6% · 480
Private rented12.8% · 423
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house35.5% · 1,166
Semi-detached house38.0% · 1,251
Terraced house15.5% · 508
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 281
Converted house1.4% · 46
Other conversion0.5% · 17
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015811- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tunbridge Wells East, Tunbridge Wells Rural
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 14
Parishes in the ward
CapelPaddock WoodPembury
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% owned4,389PPaddock Wood21.8% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned8,161PPantiles20.3% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned9,625PPark19.8% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned7,378RRural 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.