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St James' ward, Tunbridge Wells
St James' is one of 14 electoral wards of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,238 residents in 3,754 households — 7,865 people per km², the 8th 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 South and Tunbridge Wells West divisions.
Residents, 20218,238council ward average 8,236
Households3,7542.19 residents per household
Density7,865/ km²about 1.05 km² · Tunbridge Wells 348
Aged 65+10.3%Tunbridge Wells: 19.4% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 583
5–96.2% · 510
10–156.8% · 558
16–193.6% · 296
20–244.7% · 390
25–3419.4% · 1,595
35–4924.8% · 2,039
50–6417.2% · 1,417
65–745.7% · 473
75–843.1% · 255
85+1.5% · 122
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.8% · 930
1 car or van50.9% · 1,910
2 cars or vans20.3% · 763
3 or more4.0% · 151
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tunbridge Wells overall: 65.1% owned, 14.6% social rented, 19.2% private rented.
Owned outright19.4% · 725
With mortgage28.4% · 1,063
Shared ownership1.0% · 36
Social rented13.4% · 501
Private rented37.9% · 1,421
Type of home
Detached house7.2% · 271
Semi-detached house23.5% · 880
Terraced house18.9% · 709
Purpose-built flat32.4% · 1,217
Converted house14.3% · 536
Other conversion2.2% · 84
Above shop / office1.4% · 53
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015815- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tunbridge Wells East, Tunbridge Wells South, Tunbridge Wells West
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 14
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% owned7,378PPembury & 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 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.