Tonbridge and Malling: local statistics
Tonbridge and Malling is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 137,913 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Tonbridge and Malling, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 72.8% of Tonbridge and Malling residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 7.7 points), against 78.9% across the South East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 72.8% to 89.5%.
The average house price in Tonbridge and Malling was £407,880 in July 2026, up 1.4% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (28th highest) (regional average £380,878). This July figure is the highest in the series, 27% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Tonbridge and Malling (£42,752) gives a ratio of 9.5. That ratio is the 25th highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
137,913 people lived in Tonbridge and Malling in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.9% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +9.7%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole. That is the 26th fastest growth of 64 in the South East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
2.5% of Tonbridge and Malling residents aged 16 to 64 (2,095 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. That compares with 2.3% a year before. The five-year high was 3.2% (August 2021); the low was 1.9% (September 2022).
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Tonbridge and Malling is £2,471.83, 4.1% more than in 2025-26. It is close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (35th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,597.03, so it has risen 55%.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Tonbridge and Malling took home £820.50 a week before tax (£42,752 a year). It is mid-table in the South East, 33rd of 64, and 0.7% more than across the South East. Jobs based in Tonbridge and Malling paid a median £748.00 a week, £72.50 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £636.20, so it has risen 29% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Tonbridge and Malling had a life expectancy at birth of 84.6 years; for men it was 80.7, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.5 years for women and -0.3 for men. It is close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (33rd highest for women).
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Tonbridge and Malling on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Kent police force area: 154,163 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 7,888 fewer than the year before.
The ONS counted 7,065 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Tonbridge and Malling in March 2026, 13% more than in 2016. There are 51 per 1,000 residents, the 23rd highest of 64 in the South East.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 125,712 |
| 2016 | 127,090 |
| 2017 | 128,680 |
| 2018 | 130,149 |
| 2019 | 131,502 |
| 2020 | 131,791 |
| 2021 | 132,363 |
| 2022 | 133,709 |
| 2023 | 135,495 |
| 2024 | 136,685 |
| 2025 | 137,913 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £320,719 |
| July 2017 | £331,505 |
| July 2018 | £343,930 |
| July 2019 | £351,451 |
| July 2020 | £358,491 |
| July 2021 | £373,326 |
| July 2022 | £407,298 |
| July 2023 | £393,693 |
| July 2024 | £390,913 |
| July 2025 | £402,273 |
| July 2026 | £407,880 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £636.20 a week |
| 2016 | £654.40 a week |
| 2017 | £619.90 a week |
| 2018 | £657.60 a week |
| 2019 | £670.10 a week |
| 2020 | £689.90 a week |
| 2021 | £701.50 a week |
| 2022 | £713.00 a week |
| 2023 | £773.20 a week |
| 2024 | £792.10 a week |
| 2025 | £820.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,597.03 |
| 2017-18 | £1,661.36 |
| 2018-19 | £1,741.44 |
| 2019-20 | £1,837.35 |
| 2020-21 | £1,909.14 |
| 2021-22 | £2,001.99 |
| 2022-23 | £2,064.28 |
| 2023-24 | £2,166.71 |
| 2024-25 | £2,266.15 |
| 2025-26 | £2,374.77 |
| 2026-27 | £2,471.83 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.5% |
| 2016/17 | 74.8% |
| 2017/18 | 77.5% |
| 2018/19 | 83.1% |
| 2019/20 | 81.7% |
| 2020/21 | 80.2% |
| 2021/22 | 78.5% |
| 2022/23 | 76.8% |
| 2023/24 | 89.5% |
| 2024/25 | 81.7% |
| 2025/26 | 72.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 85.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.7 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.8 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.4 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,235 |
| 2017 | 6,395 |
| 2018 | 6,570 |
| 2019 | 6,750 |
| 2020 | 6,885 |
| 2021 | 6,970 |
| 2022 | 6,935 |
| 2023 | 6,855 |
| 2024 | 6,885 |
| 2025 | 6,895 |
| 2026 | 7,065 |
Questions about Tonbridge and Malling
What is the average house price in Tonbridge and Malling?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £407,880.
What is the population of Tonbridge and Malling?
137,913 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Tonbridge and Malling?
2,095 in August 2026 (2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
How much is Band D council tax in Tonbridge and Malling?
£2,471.83 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in Tonbridge and Malling?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Tonbridge and Malling was £820.50 a week in April 2025 (£42,752 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Tonbridge and Malling?
84.6 years for women and 80.7 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
Who has power over Tonbridge and Malling
Every body that makes decisions for Tonbridge and Malling, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Tonbridge and Malling council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Tonbridge and Malling in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Chatham and Aylesford: Tristan Osborne (Labour) MP
- Maidstone and Malling: Helen Grant (Conservative) MP
- Tonbridge: Tom Tugendhat (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime (police force area): This figure covers the whole Kent police force area, not just Tonbridge and Malling, because the Home Office tables do not give Tonbridge and Malling on its own for recent years. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK employment rate · UK average house price · UK population
- Other council areas in the South East: Ashford · Elmbridge · Isle of Wight · Test Valley · Waverley · Winchester
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