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Kent County Council
Local authority area: Kent
Kent is a county council, in the South East England region of England. It covers 3,544.9 km² and had 1,593,191 residents in 2022 — about 449 people per km².
Town hall in the administrative centreGravesham Civic Centre
Photo: Richard Kelly · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Kent, 2012–2022.
Residents, 20221,593,191+7.6% since 2012
Land area3,544.9km²1,368.7 sq mi
Density449/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#1of 382 UK councils · #1 in England
Population estimates3 data points
1.5M1.6M1.6M
201220182022
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Elections
72 county electoral divisions
Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.
| Division | District | Wards | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford Central | Ashford | 7 | 29,438 |
| Ashford East | Ashford | 4 | 18,783 |
| Ashford Rural East | Ashford | 9 | 24,276 |
| Ashford Rural South | Ashford | 7 | 21,762 |
| Ashford Rural West | Ashford | 8 | 22,613 |
| Ashford South | Ashford | 7 | 33,056 |
| Birchington & Rural | Thanet | 6 | 35,514 |
| Broadstairs | Thanet | 3 | 18,240 |
| Canterbury City North | Canterbury | 4 | 36,364 |
| Canterbury City South | Canterbury | 3 | 31,361 |
| Canterbury North | Canterbury | 3 | 24,833 |
| Canterbury South | Canterbury | 4 | 25,095 |
| Cheriton, Sandgate & Hythe East | Folkestone and Hythe | 3 | 30,691 |
| Cliftonville | Thanet | 4 | 23,248 |
| Cranbrook | Tunbridge Wells | 3 | 26,290 |
| Dartford East | Dartford | 4 | 26,615 |
| Dartford North East | Dartford | 5 | 31,211 |
| Dartford Rural | Dartford | 4 | 20,527 |
| Dartford West | Dartford | 6 | 32,761 |
| Deal & Walmer | Dover | 5 | 35,682 |
| Dover North | Dover | 3 | 26,104 |
| Dover Town | Dover | 7 | 44,517 |
| Dover West | Dover | 4 | 28,057 |
| Elham Valley | Folkestone and Hythe | 2 | 17,926 |
| Faversham | Swale | 4 | 20,437 |
| Folkestone East | Folkestone and Hythe | 2 | 18,189 |
| Folkestone West | Folkestone and Hythe | 3 | 28,033 |
| Gravesend East | Gravesham | 9 | 59,817 |
| Gravesham Rural | Gravesham | 4 | 20,246 |
| Herne Bay East | Canterbury | 2 | 20,289 |
| Herne Village & Sturry | Canterbury | 3 | 21,581 |
| Hythe West | Folkestone and Hythe | 3 | 24,428 |
| Maidstone Central | Maidstone | 6 | 51,079 |
| Maidstone North East | Maidstone | 4 | 34,063 |
| Maidstone Rural East | Maidstone | 5 | 40,046 |
| Maidstone Rural North | Maidstone | 3 | 24,684 |
| Maidstone Rural South | Maidstone | 5 | 34,363 |
| Maidstone Rural West | Maidstone | 4 | 34,341 |
| Maidstone South | Maidstone | 6 | 55,479 |
| Maidstone South East | Maidstone | 6 | 43,252 |
| Malling Central | Tonbridge and Malling | 2 | 16,859 |
| Malling North | Tonbridge and Malling | 5 | 32,570 |
| Malling North East | Tonbridge and Malling | 3 | 21,544 |
| Malling Rural East | Tonbridge and Malling | 3 | 21,393 |
| Malling West | Tonbridge and Malling | 4 | 22,435 |
| Margate | Thanet | 4 | 29,721 |
| Northfleet & Gravesend West | Gravesham | 10 | 71,393 |
| Ramsgate | Thanet | 7 | 43,792 |
| Romney Marsh | Folkestone and Hythe | 3 | 22,229 |
| Sandwich | Dover | 3 | 19,732 |
| Sevenoaks North & Darent Valley | Sevenoaks | 7 | 28,451 |
| Sevenoaks Rural North East | Sevenoaks | 3 | 18,024 |
| Sevenoaks Rural South | Sevenoaks | 6 | 21,239 |
| Sevenoaks Town | Sevenoaks | 5 | 25,038 |
| Sevenoaks West | Sevenoaks | 4 | 20,769 |
| Sheppey | Swale | 5 | 46,900 |
| Sittingbourne North | Swale | 4 | 23,437 |
| Sittingbourne South | Swale | 3 | 19,178 |
| Swale East | Swale | 4 | 18,227 |
| Swale West | Swale | 4 | 23,503 |
| Swanley | Sevenoaks | 4 | 21,920 |
| Swanscombe & Greenhithe | Dartford | 3 | 19,274 |
| Tenterden | Ashford | 7 | 20,130 |
| Tonbridge | Tonbridge and Malling | 6 | 42,188 |
| Tunbridge Wells East | Tunbridge Wells | 3 | 26,959 |
| Tunbridge Wells North | Tunbridge Wells | 4 | 27,610 |
| Tunbridge Wells Rural | Tunbridge Wells | 3 | 26,291 |
| Tunbridge Wells South | Tunbridge Wells | 5 | 44,191 |
| Tunbridge Wells West | Tunbridge Wells | 4 | 35,088 |
| Whitstable East & Herne Bay West | Canterbury | 5 | 29,045 |
| Whitstable West | Canterbury | 2 | 18,438 |
| Wilmington | Dartford | 5 | 27,335 |
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
Source: Wikidata Q21694674 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.