Electoral wardE05012402
Maypole & Leyton Cross ward, Dartford
Maypole & Leyton Cross is one of 20 electoral wards of Dartford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,114 residents in 1,086 households — 1,691 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dartford constituency; for county elections it is in the Wilmington division.
Residents, 20213,114council ward average 5,838
Households1,0862.87 residents per household
Density1,691/ km²about 1.84 km² · Dartford 1,574
Aged 65+14.2%Dartford: 13.8% · under 16: 22.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 178
5–96.7% · 209
10–1510.0% · 312
16–195.2% · 161
20–246.0% · 188
25–3410.7% · 332
35–4921.5% · 669
50–6420.1% · 625
65–748.6% · 267
75–843.3% · 104
85+2.2% · 70
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.6% · 72
1 car or van35.6% · 387
2 cars or vans39.8% · 432
3 or more18.0% · 195
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dartford overall: 65.7% owned, 13.8% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright33.4% · 362
With mortgage46.4% · 503
Shared ownership0.9% · 10
Social rented7.5% · 81
Private rented11.7% · 127
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house26.7% · 290
Semi-detached house30.6% · 332
Terraced house34.8% · 378
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 60
Converted house1.3% · 14
Other conversion0.7% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012402- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Wilmington
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Wilmington
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% owned5,127LLongfield, New Barn & Southfleet27.3% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned6,830NNewtown10.8% 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.