City Profile • Local Authority

Dartford

Dartford is a local authority district comprising 10 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £388k, reflecting a downward trend of 0.7% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 106 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

118,820
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

10 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Dartford authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English67.3%
African8.4%
White: Other White6.1%
Indian4.4%
Other Asian2.9%
Any other ethnic group1.8%

Age Profile

30-34 years8.5%
35-39 years8.3%
40-44 years7.5%
0-4 years7.1%
5-9 years7.1%
10-14 years6.9%

Top Occupations

Professional20.6%
Associate professional13.2%
Managers and directors12.8%
Administrative and secretarial11.6%
Skilled trades10.5%
Elementary occupations9.2%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Mortgage38.7%
Owned: Outright26.9%
Private rented: Landlord16.7%
Social rented: Council9.3%
Social rented: Other4.5%
Shared ownership2.3%

Area DNA

family4/10
health5/10
safety2/10
homeown4/10
transit8/10
affluence8/10
diversity8/10
employment9/10
investment5/10