Borough of Dartford

Dartford

Borough of Dartford
Dartford Borough of Dartford
Borough & Non-metropolitan district
	Aerial of Dartford and the Dartford Crossing over the River Thames
	Dartford shown within Kent
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough
Admin HQ	Dartford
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Dartford Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Gareth Johnson
Area
• Total	28.10 sq mi (72.77 km2)
• Rank	227th (of 296)
Population (2022)
• Total	118,820
• Rank	203rd (of 296)
• Density	4,200/sq mi (1,600/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 74.5% White ; 10.5% Black ; 9.9% Asian ; 3.1% Mixed ; 2% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 48.1% Christianity ; 36.5% no religion ; 5.3% not stated ; 3.8% Hinduism ; 3.5% Islam ; 1.7% Sikhism ; 0.6% Buddhism ; 0.4% other ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	29UD (ONS); E07000107 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ538739
Website	www.dartford.gov.uk

The Borough of Dartford is a local government district in the north-west of the county of Kent, England. Its council is based in the town of Dartford. It is part of the contiguous London urban area. It borders the borough of Gravesham to the east, Sevenoaks District to the south, the London Borough of Bexley to the west, and the Thurrock unitary authority in Essex to the north, across the River Thames. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Dartford, the Swanscombe Urban District, and part of the Dartford Rural District. The 2011 Census had a population of 97,365 which increased to 116,800 in the 2021 census.