Housing in ME20 7PX
What the homes in ME20 7PX are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Ditton
- Council
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,438 (2024)
ME20 7PXAylesford
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (32.9%). Flats make up 36.1%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
42.1% of households in the ME20 7PX area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 9.8% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 16.1% own outright and 25.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned42.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.9%1%
- Private rented9.8%20.5%
- Social rented46.2%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 31.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged 66 or over (19.1%). 29.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Tonbridge and Malling
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Tonbridge and Malling (August 2026, +3.2% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around ME20 7PX (Ditton) (about 2,438 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.