Electoral wardE05012410
West Hill ward, Dartford
West Hill is one of 20 electoral wards of Dartford Borough Council, in Kent (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,219 residents in 3,135 households — 6,803 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dartford constituency; for county elections it is in the Dartford West division.
Residents, 20218,219council ward average 5,838
Households3,1352.62 residents per household
Density6,803/ km²about 1.21 km² · Dartford 1,574
Aged 65+14.1%Dartford: 13.8% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 487
5–96.6% · 545
10–159.4% · 771
16–194.6% · 377
20–244.7% · 389
25–3412.9% · 1,063
35–4922.3% · 1,836
50–6419.4% · 1,595
65–747.5% · 618
75–844.8% · 391
85+1.8% · 149
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 578
1 car or van46.5% · 1,458
2 cars or vans26.0% · 816
3 or more9.0% · 282
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dartford overall: 65.7% owned, 13.8% social rented, 18.1% private rented.
Owned outright32.5% · 1,020
With mortgage38.3% · 1,201
Shared ownership2.2% · 69
Social rented5.9% · 185
Private rented21.0% · 658
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house7.9% · 248
Semi-detached house26.7% · 837
Terraced house45.2% · 1,417
Purpose-built flat16.6% · 519
Converted house2.7% · 85
Other conversion0.4% · 14
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012410- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- County council
- Kent County Council
- County division
- Dartford West
- Constituency
- Dartford
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 20
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.