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St John's ward, Tunbridge Wells
St John's is one of 14 electoral wards of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,655 residents in 2,147 households — 2,842 people per km², the 13th 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, 20215,655council ward average 8,236
Households2,1472.63 residents per household
Density2,842/ km²about 1.99 km² · Tunbridge Wells 348
Aged 65+12.2%Tunbridge Wells: 19.4% · under 16: 23.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 343
5–97.6% · 432
10–1510.0% · 568
16–195.0% · 282
20–243.9% · 218
25–3411.3% · 642
35–4924.3% · 1,374
50–6419.6% · 1,110
65–746.8% · 387
75–843.6% · 205
85+1.7% · 96
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.6% · 334
1 car or van48.2% · 1,034
2 cars or vans27.7% · 594
3 or more8.5% · 183
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tunbridge Wells overall: 65.1% owned, 14.6% social rented, 19.2% private rented.
Owned outright26.7% · 572
With mortgage40.0% · 858
Shared ownership0.6% · 12
Social rented12.2% · 261
Private rented20.6% · 442
Type of home
Detached house13.2% · 283
Semi-detached house51.7% · 1,109
Terraced house17.8% · 382
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 204
Converted house6.8% · 146
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.6% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015816- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Tunbridge Wells North
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 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 James'10.3% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned8,238
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.