If you are thinking of moving to High Brooms or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare High Brooms to figures for Kent and nationally. These statistics can tell you if High Brooms is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
High Brooms Benefits & Unemployment Statistics
After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment figures as a percentage of the working population and has no further plans to do so. They do however publish the number of Universal Credit claimants in every local district council. We have taken the LDC that includes High Brooms and compared it to the nearest councils. Please be aware that Universal Credit is a in and out of work benefit. Therefore these figures are an indicator of BOTH unemployment and underemployment. High Brooms is in the local authority with the lowest number of Universal Credit claimants in the area.
These figures below on the claiming of legacy benefits in High Brooms are dated . They are the last published statistics of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. Althpugh outdated, these statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area.The rate of unemployment in High Brooms is both lower than the average for Kent and lower than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe easier than most places. The rate of claiming any benefit (which includes in work benefits) is more than 10% lower in High Brooms than the national average, suggesting higher salaries than the average in the area.
| Benefit | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobseekers Allowance (only) | 1.2% | 2.7% | 3.3% |
| Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA) | 1.6% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Any Benefit (includes in work benefits) | 8.1% | 12.6% | 13.5% |
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
High Brooms Immigration Statistics
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of High Brooms are from the UK Census of 2011. Since High Brooms has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.
| Country | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 90.1% | 90.9% | 86.2% |
| Rebublic of Ireland | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Other EU Countries | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.7% |
| Outside the EU | 5.9% | 5.4% | 9.4% |
High Brooms General Health Statistics
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for High Brooms. The percentage of residents in High Brooms rating their health as 'very good' is more than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in High Brooms rating their health as 'very bad' is less than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of High Brooms is generally better than in the average person in England.
| Health | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very Good | 51.42% | 46.68% | 47.17% |
| Good | 33.60% | 34.87% | 34.22% |
| Fair | 11.12% | 13.32% | 13.12% |
| Bad | 3.09% | 4.00% | 4.25% |
| Very Bad | 0.78% | 1.14% | 1.25% |
High Brooms Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner. High Brooms has 20% more Higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the national average.
| Grade | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | 32.57% | 22.42% | 22.96% |
| C1 | 31.36% | 31.89% | 30.92% |
| C2 | 18.56% | 22.46% | 20.64% |
| DE | 17.50% | 23.22% | 25.49% |
High Brooms Education Statistics
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of High Brooms and are from the UK Census of 2011. High Brooms has a lower level of residents with either no qualifications or qualifications equal to 1 or more GCSE at grade D or below, than the national average. High Brooms also has a high level of residents with a higher education qualification (level 4) than the national average, suggesting that the residents of High Brooms are better educated than the average England citizen.
| Qualification | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Qualifications | 17.1% | 22.5% | 22.5% |
| Level 1 | 12.4% | 14.7% | 13.3% |
| Level 2 | 16.6% | 16.9% | 15.2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2.8% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Level 3 | 12.1% | 12.3% | 12.4% |
| Level 4 | 34.6% | 24.7% | 27.4% |
| Other | 4.5% | 5.1% | 5.7% |
High Brooms Age Distribution Statistics
The population of High Brooms as a whole, is older than the national average. However, the population of High Brooms is younger than the Kent average.
| Age | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age 0 to 4 | 6.4% | 6.1% | 6.3% |
| Age 5 to 9 | 6.1% | 5.7% | 5.6% |
| Age 10 to14 | 6.7% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Age 15 to 17 | 4.3% | 4% | 3.7% |
| Age 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 8.6% | 9.4% |
| Age 25 to 29 | 5.9% | 5.7% | 6.9% |
| Age 30 to 44 | 21.1% | 19.3% | 20.6% |
| Age 45 to 59 | 20.1% | 19.8% | 19.4% |
| Age 60 to 64 | 6.1% | 6.6% | 6% |
| Age 65 to 74 | 8.4% | 9.4% | 8.6% |
| Age 75 to 84 | 5.6% | 6% | 5.5% |
| Age 85 and over | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Mean Age | 39.6 | 40.3 | 39.3 |
| Median Age | 40 | 41 | 39 |
High Brooms Property Ownership & Rental Statistics
High Brooms has a higher rate of home ownership, either outright or via a mortgage than the national average, which suggests that High Brooms is a relatively affluent area.
| Tenure | Tunbridge Wells | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owned | 32% | 33.1% | 30.6% |
| Mortgage | 33.7% | 34.2% | 32.8% |
| Shared | 0.8% | 1% | 0.8% |
| Social Rented (Council) | 1.2% | 5.8% | 9.4% |
| Social Rented (Housing Assoc) | 14% | 8.1% | 8.3% |
| Private Rented | 15.7% | 15.1% | 15.4% |
| Other | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Rent Free | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.
