Kings Hill & Wateringbury

Tonbridge and Malling · South East · population 12,884 · 7 LSOAs

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

91Area Score / 100 ?
  • #629 of 6,856 in England
  • #200 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 13 in Tonbridge and Malling
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,555
Median age (est.)42
Density508per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above39%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 48%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 48%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 40%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 19%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 40%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 24% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Kings Hill & Wateringbury is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #629 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 13 in Tonbridge and Malling. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (91) but weak on Housing & access (29). Typical homes here sold for about £532,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 170 sales), 29% above the wider Tonbridge and Malling median of £414,000. Typical household take-home income is around £59,482 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 86 · #978
Employment 91 · #608
Education 91 · #622
Health 90 · #670
Crime 89 · #759
Housing & access 29 · #4,879
Living environment 83 · #1,177

House prices ?

£532,500median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=170
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£532,500170+3.7%+17.0%
Detached£660,00088+6.5%+13.8%
Semi-detached£458,00029-2.9%+12.5%
Terraced£445,00037+3.5%+12.7%
Flat£287,75016-17.1%-1.6%
This area£532,500
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)£59,482±£8,632 · #208 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,826
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 419 offences
Tonbridge and Malling54
South East71
England83

Rank #608 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences190
Theft73
Burglary19
Vehicle crime36
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons19
Drugs13
Robbery5
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 132 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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