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Dartford Borough Council

Local authority area: Dartford

Dartford is a district council in Kent, in the South East England region of England. It covers 72.8 km² and had 118,820 residents in 2022 — about 1,633 people per km². The council is based in Dartford.

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Town hall in the administrative centreDartford Civic Centre

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Dartford, 2011–2022.

Residents, 2022118,820+21.7% since 2011

Land area72.8km²28.1 sq mi

Density1,633/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#264of 382 UK councils · #224 in England

Population estimates5 data points

97.6K98.9K103.9K109.7K118.8K

20112012201520182022

Same county

Other councils in Kent

All councils in South East

Maidstone180,428 Canterbury157,550 Swale154,619 Thanet140,689 Ashford135,610 Tonbridge and Malling133,661 Sevenoaks121,106 Dover117,473 Tunbridge Wells116,028 Folkestone and Hythe110,237 Gravesham106,970

Elections

20 electoral wards

Census 2021: 116,752 residents in 45,698 households across the wards; 13.8% aged 65+, 65.7% of homes owned, 16.8% of households without a car.

1Temple Hill3,731 households · 11.3% aged 65+9,334 2West Hill3,135 households · 14.1% aged 65+8,219 3Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley3,171 households · 21.5% aged 65+7,912 4Swanscombe3,098 households · 11.2% aged 65+7,884 5Stone Castle3,269 households · 7.7% aged 65+7,855 6Greenhithe & Knockhall3,121 households · 10.4% aged 65+7,483

All wards of Dartford

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CDartford Borough CouncilCouncil office · Dartford DA1 1DR · hours listed CSwanscombe Family HubCouncil office · Swanscombe DA10 0BS · hours listed PLongfield & New Barn Parish CouncilParish council · Longfield DA3 7QP · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Dartford · 19 wards Sevenoaks · 1 ward

Source: Wikidata Q894082 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.