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Temple Hill ward, Dartford

Temple Hill is one of 20 electoral wards of Dartford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,334 residents in 3,731 households — 6,876 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dartford constituency; for county elections it is in the Dartford North East division.

Residents, 20219,334council ward average 5,838
Households3,7312.5 residents per household
Density6,876/ km²about 1.36 km² · Dartford 1,574
Aged 65+11.3%Dartford: 13.8% · under 16: 24.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.5% · 697
5–98.0% · 743
10–159.5% · 888
16–194.7% · 435
20–245.3% · 498
25–3415.5% · 1,449
35–4921.6% · 2,015
50–6416.7% · 1,557
65–746.0% · 561
75–843.3% · 310
85+1.9% · 181

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van30.3% · 1,131
1 car or van44.3% · 1,653
2 cars or vans19.5% · 726
3 or more5.9% · 220
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Dartford overall: 65.7% owned, 13.8% social rented, 18.1% private rented.

Owned outright16.1% · 601
With mortgage27.6% · 1,029
Shared ownership2.1% · 79
Social rented38.0% · 1,416
Private rented15.8% · 590
Lives rent free0.4% · 16

Type of home

Detached house2.5% · 92
Semi-detached house25.7% · 960
Terraced house34.3% · 1,279
Purpose-built flat35.3% · 1,317
Converted house1.8% · 68
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.