Borough Green, Wrotham & Shipbourne

Tonbridge and Malling · South East · population 11,731 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,664 of 6,856 in England
  • #437 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 13 in Tonbridge and Malling
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,751
Median age (est.)46
Density231per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above39%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 22%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Borough Green, Wrotham & Shipbourne is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,664 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 13 in Tonbridge and Malling. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (91) but weak on Housing & access (26). Typical homes here sold for about £470,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 153 sales), 14% above the wider Tonbridge and Malling median of £414,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,776 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 77 · #1,582
Employment 86 · #992
Education 66 · #2,322
Health 91 · #615
Crime 67 · #2,260
Housing & access 26 · #5,078
Living environment 47 · #3,645

House prices ?

£470,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=153
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£470,0001530.0%+9.9%
Detached£750,00055-17.4%+8.7%
Semi-detached£465,00039+0.5%+13.4%
Terraced£400,00047+11.9%+24.4%
Flat£196,00012-24.6%-25.2%
This area£470,000
Tonbridge and Malling£414,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£50,776±£7,125 · #928 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,409
Price-to-income ?9.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 484 offences
Tonbridge and Malling54
South East71
England83

Rank #1,360 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences225
Theft82
Burglary23
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons14
Drugs13
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 122 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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