Larkfield & New Hythe

Tonbridge and Malling · South East · population 12,887 · 8 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,137 of 6,856 in England
  • #548 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 13 in Tonbridge and Malling
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,719
Median age (est.)42
Density2,765per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above25%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 15%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 24%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Larkfield & New Hythe is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,137 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 13 in Tonbridge and Malling. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (91) and lowest on Education (48). Typical homes here sold for about £362,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 157 sales), 12% below the wider Tonbridge and Malling median of £414,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,198 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 62 · #2,624
Employment 62 · #2,576
Education 48 · #3,528
Health 75 · #1,719
Crime 49 · #3,487
Housing & access 57 · #2,959
Living environment 91 · #636

House prices ?

£362,500median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=157
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£362,500157+1.3%+15.1%
Detached£490,00029-3.4%+6.8%
Semi-detached£385,00057+2.0%+19.4%
Terraced£320,00059+1.6%+18.1%
Flat£207,50012-8.8%+5.7%
This area£362,500
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)£43,198±£6,011 · #2,527 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,598
Price-to-income ?8.4×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 611 offences
Tonbridge and Malling54
South East71
England83

Rank #1,895 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences258
Theft103
Burglary28
Vehicle crime51
Criminal damage & arson90
Public order & weapons43
Drugs12
Robbery6
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 181 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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