Paddock Wood & Five Oak Green

Tunbridge Wells · South East · population 10,795 · 7 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,740 of 6,856 in England
  • #655 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 14 in Tunbridge Wells
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,508
Median age (est.)45
Density339per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 14%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 25%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Paddock Wood & Five Oak Green is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,740 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 14 in Tunbridge Wells. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (74) and lowest on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £438,750 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 164 sales), in line with the wider Tunbridge Wells median of £440,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,347 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 54 · #3,131
Employment 60 · #2,720
Education 55 · #3,110
Health 67 · #2,281
Crime 56 · #3,007
Housing & access 22 · #5,372
Living environment 74 · #1,815

House prices ?

£438,750median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=164
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£438,750164-0.5%+21.9%
Detached£596,49858+1.3%+29.5%
Semi-detached£425,00053+3.7%+20.6%
Terraced£350,00037-0.6%+18.6%
Flat£211,00016-4.1%+14.0%
This area£438,750
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)£44,347±£6,147 · #2,238 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,748
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 752 offences
Tunbridge Wells56
South East71
England83

Rank #3,517 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences282
Theft211
Burglary34
Vehicle crime44
Criminal damage & arson87
Public order & weapons43
Drugs23
Robbery3
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 212 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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