Langton Green, Speldhurst & Bidborough

Tunbridge Wells · South East · population 7,783 · 5 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #560 of 6,856 in England
  • #184 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 14 in Tunbridge Wells
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,660
Median age (est.)47
Density310per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above48%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 7%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 22%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 23% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Langton Green, Speldhurst & Bidborough is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #560 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 14 in Tunbridge Wells. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £637,500 over the past year, down 7% across five years (from 86 sales), 45% above the wider Tunbridge Wells median of £440,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,277 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 22 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 96 · #238
Employment 96 · #293
Education 94 · #396
Health 91 · #601
Crime 97 · #217
Housing & access 22 · #5,324
Living environment 54 · #3,179

House prices ?

£637,500median (12m) · +12.9% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£637,50086+12.9%-7.3%
Detached£920,50036+10.2%-2.1%
Semi-detached£492,50030+20.9%+11.9%
Terraced£442,24416+23.2%+10.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£637,500
Tunbridge Wells£440,000
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)£55,277±£7,758 · #448 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,501
Price-to-income ?11.5×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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

22 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 172 offences
Tunbridge Wells56
South East71
England83

Rank #74 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences84
Theft15
Burglary15
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons10
Drugs10
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 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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