Housing in TN2 4PY
What the homes in TN2 4PY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- High Brooms & Sherwood
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,630 (2024)
TN2 4PYTunbridge Wells
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (32.3%). Flats make up 23.6%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the TN2 4PY area is broadly in line with that, at 55.7%. The private rented sector is less than half the national picture, at 8.8% of households against 20.5%. 29.3% own outright and 26.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned55.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.7%1%
- Private rented8.8%20.5%
- Social rented34.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 31.4% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is couple with dependent children, at 20%. 27.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Tunbridge Wells
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Tunbridge Wells, August 2026, +4.5% on a year earlier. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood TN2 4PY sits in (High Brooms & Sherwood): about 1,630 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.