Electoral wardE05012405
Stone Castle ward, Dartford
Stone Castle is one of 20 electoral wards of Dartford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,855 residents in 3,269 households — 1,561 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dartford constituency; for county elections it is in the Dartford East division.
Residents, 20217,855council ward average 5,838
Households3,2692.4 residents per household
Density1,561/ km²about 5.03 km² · Dartford 1,574
Aged 65+7.7%Dartford: 13.8% · under 16: 22.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.1% · 638
5–96.9% · 543
10–157.3% · 577
16–193.7% · 291
20–245.0% · 389
25–3419.2% · 1,506
35–4925.8% · 2,028
50–6416.3% · 1,277
65–745.0% · 394
75–842.1% · 164
85+0.6% · 48
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.7% · 449
1 car or van50.6% · 1,655
2 cars or vans28.3% · 926
3 or more7.3% · 239
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dartford overall: 65.7% owned, 13.8% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright16.8% · 550
With mortgage40.3% · 1,319
Shared ownership5.0% · 164
Social rented11.0% · 360
Private rented26.7% · 873
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house9.9% · 322
Semi-detached house23.1% · 754
Terraced house27.5% · 899
Purpose-built flat37.1% · 1,211
Converted house2.0% · 64
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012405- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Dartford East
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Stone
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% owned6,830MMaypole & Leyton Cross14.2% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned3,114NNewtown10.8% aged 65+ · 63.2% owned5,923PPrinces13.9% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned6,137SStone 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.