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Dacorum Borough Council
Local authority area: Dacorum
Dacorum is a district council in Hertfordshire, in the East of England region of England. It covers 212.5 km² and had 156,123 residents in 2022 — about 735 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Hemel Hempstead.
Town hall in the administrative centreBerkhamsted Civic Centre, Hemel Hempstead
Photo: Richard Kelly · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Dacorum, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022156,123+6.4% since 2012
Land area212.5km²82.0 sq mi
Density735/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#176of 382 UK councils · #155 in England
Population estimates5 data points
146.7K151.4K154.3K154.8K156.1K
20122015201820192022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Dacorum became a local authority area.
Abroad
Twinned with
Neu-Isenburg
Elections
25 electoral wards
Census 2021: 155,081 residents in 63,410 households across the wards; 17.4% aged 65+, 63.9% of homes owned, 14.5% of households without a car.
1Apsley and Corner Hall4,410 households · 12.3% aged 65+10,3072Leverstock Green3,719 households · 18.9% aged 65+9,7123Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield3,473 households · 21.2% aged 65+9,4974Chaulden and Warners End3,782 households · 16.6% aged 65+9,2855Boxmoor3,851 households · 17.9% aged 65+8,7416Grovehill3,204 households · 17.2% aged 65+8,004
Visit
Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
CDacorum Borough CouncilCouncil office · Hemel Hempstead HP1 1DN · hours listedPThe Chipperfield Parish CouncilParish council · Kings Langley WD4 9BS
Westminster
Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q931180 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.