Central Dartford & West Hill

Dartford · South East · population 12,613 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,733 of 6,856 in England
  • #653 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 13 in Dartford
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,202
Median age (est.)36
Density4,869per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 34%45–64 24%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 9%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 12% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional12%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 65%Asian: 16%Black: 13%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 65%Asian 16%Black 13%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 33% · Hindu 6%

Born outside the UK: 30%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Central Dartford & West Hill is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,733 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 13 in Dartford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (72) and lowest on Crime (27). Typical homes here sold for about £338,250 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 152 sales), 11% below the wider Dartford median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,893 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 138 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 53 · #3,247
Employment 66 · #2,294
Education 72 · #1,904
Health 63 · #2,521
Crime 27 · #4,982
Housing & access 49 · #3,515
Living environment 42 · #3,967

House prices ?

£338,250median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=152
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£338,250152+2.5%+20.4%
Detached£776,50010+60.8%
Semi-detached£445,00016-5.3%+21.9%
Terraced£390,00063+8.7%+23.8%
Flat£252,00063-4.5%+0.8%
This area£338,250
Dartford£380,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£48,893±£6,976 · #1,260 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,208
Price-to-income ?6.9×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

138 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,747 offences
Dartford99
South East71
England83

Rank #5,769 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences624
Theft553
Burglary34
Vehicle crime99
Criminal damage & arson147
Public order & weapons122
Drugs80
Robbery38
Other50

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 377 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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