Social housing in Dartford
13.8% of households in Dartford are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Dartford?
Dartford ranks 217th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 45,683 households, 6,311 are social homes (13.8%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Dartford compare with the UK average?
At -3.7 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Dartford sits below the national level.
Dartford at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Dartford.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Dartford has 43 schools — 43 state-funded. That includes 29 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 84% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 66 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Dartford, offering about 3,273 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Dartford sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 10% of its 67 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £4,552 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Dartford
See Dartford through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).