Electoral wardE05012409
Town ward, Dartford
Town is one of 20 electoral wards of Dartford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,045 residents in 2,074 households — 3,432 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dartford constituency; for county elections it is in the Wilmington and Dartford North East and Dartford West divisions.
Residents, 20215,045council ward average 5,838
Households2,0742.43 residents per household
Density3,432/ km²about 1.47 km² · Dartford 1,574
Aged 65+3.8%Dartford: 13.8% · under 16: 25.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–410.7% · 541
5–97.9% · 397
10–157.1% · 357
16–192.6% · 131
20–244.4% · 224
25–3425.5% · 1,286
35–4928.7% · 1,449
50–649.3% · 467
65–742.2% · 111
75–841.2% · 60
85+0.4% · 21
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.9% · 556
1 car or van56.7% · 1,173
2 cars or vans14.6% · 303
3 or more1.8% · 37
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dartford overall: 65.7% owned, 13.8% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright8.2% · 170
With mortgage43.1% · 892
Shared ownership6.5% · 134
Social rented12.1% · 250
Private rented30.2% · 626
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 61
Semi-detached house10.6% · 219
Terraced house31.5% · 651
Purpose-built flat47.6% · 983
Converted house3.7% · 77
Other conversion1.2% · 24
Above shop / office2.3% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012409- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Wilmington, Dartford North East, Dartford West
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 20
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 v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.