Electoral wardE05012401
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet ward, Dartford
Longfield, New Barn & Southfleet is one of 20 electoral wards of Dartford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,830 residents in 2,732 households — 463 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dartford constituency; for county elections it is in the Dartford Rural division.
Residents, 20216,830council ward average 5,838
Households2,7322.5 residents per household
Density463/ km²about 14.76 km² · Dartford 1,574
Aged 65+27.3%Dartford: 13.8% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 297
5–95.3% · 361
10–156.5% · 447
16–193.8% · 262
20–244.3% · 291
25–348.1% · 551
35–4917.2% · 1,177
50–6423.1% · 1,580
65–7413.2% · 899
75–849.7% · 662
85+4.4% · 303
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.3% · 255
1 car or van34.3% · 938
2 cars or vans37.2% · 1,017
3 or more19.1% · 522
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dartford overall: 65.7% owned, 13.8% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright49.4% · 1,347
With mortgage34.6% · 944
Shared ownership1.6% · 43
Social rented5.1% · 138
Private rented9.2% · 252
Lives rent free0.2% · 5
Type of home
Detached house54.1% · 1,477
Semi-detached house31.8% · 870
Terraced house8.5% · 232
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 120
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.7% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012401- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Dartford Rural
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 20
Parishes in the ward
DarenthLongfield and New BarnSouthfleet
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBean & Village Park17.8% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned2,687BBrent18.5% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned6,142BBridge1.6% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned4,214BBurnham6.3% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned3,376DDarenth17.8% aged 65+ · 64.3% owned3,098EEbbsfleet1.4% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned3,907GGreenhithe & Knockhall10.4% aged 65+ · 60.0% owned7,483HHeath19.1% aged 65+ · 89.2% owned5,770JJoyden's Wood29.6% aged 65+ · 90.5% owned5,127MMaypole & Leyton Cross14.2% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned3,114NNewtown10.8% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned5,923PPrinces13.9% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned6,137SStone Castle7.7% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned7,855SStone House11.4% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned6,695
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.