Electoral wardE05015467
Swanscombe ward, Dartford
Swanscombe is one of 20 electoral wards of Dartford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,884 residents in 3,098 households — 1,848 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dartford constituency; for county elections it is in the Swanscombe & Greenhithe division.
Residents, 20217,884council ward average 5,838
Households3,0982.54 residents per household
Density1,848/ km²about 4.27 km² · Dartford 1,574
Aged 65+11.2%Dartford: 13.8% · under 16: 24.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.9% · 622
5–97.9% · 623
10–158.3% · 652
16–194.5% · 358
20–245.5% · 435
25–3417.1% · 1,344
35–4920.5% · 1,618
50–6417.1% · 1,349
65–746.5% · 509
75–843.6% · 281
85+1.1% · 89
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.4% · 696
1 car or van45.1% · 1,398
2 cars or vans24.3% · 753
3 or more8.2% · 254
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dartford overall: 65.7% owned, 13.8% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright19.1% · 592
With mortgage27.5% · 851
Shared ownership0.9% · 27
Social rented26.1% · 810
Private rented25.9% · 804
Lives rent free0.5% · 15
Type of home
Detached house5.2% · 162
Semi-detached house21.6% · 669
Terraced house44.3% · 1,371
Purpose-built flat25.0% · 775
Converted house2.5% · 77
Other conversion0.7% · 22
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015467- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Swanscombe & Greenhithe
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 20
Parishes in the ward
Swanscombe and Greenhithe
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% owned5,127LLongfield, 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 Castle7.7% aged 65+ · 57.2% owned7,855
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.