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Medway
Dartford
Gravesham
Thanet
Swale
Sevenoaks
Tonbridge
& Malling
Canterbury
Maidstone
DARTFORD
Dartford is situated 20 miles to the east of London on
the bank of the River Thames, between the boroughs
of Bexley and Gravesham and adjacent to Sevenoaks.
Originally a Roman settlement, Dartford is an historic
market town with a rich industrial heritage.
Paper making and cement production were major
industries in the area for centuries, and many
technological advances in production were made
by companies in Dartford. Dartford has one LSOA,
Temple Hill, in the top 10% percentile of most
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deprived.
Tunbridge
Wells
Dover
Ashford
Folkestone
& Hythe
Originally a Roman
Settlement, Dartford
is an historic old market town
Dartford is the second highest ranking district for BAME population
DEMOGRAPHICS
PRIORITY AREAS OF NEED
Resident population of 114,100.
1. Address inequalities relating to the BAME
community and promote integration and
community cohesion
Dartford is the second highest ranking district for BAME
population, second to the adjacent district of Gravesham
which is the highest.23 It has the second ranked
percentage and number of children with English as an
additional language.24
270,000
260,000
278,556
280,000
250,000
240,000
2. Support, safeguarding and equality of
opportunity for vulnerable children
Dartford is ranked second in the county for children
with a hearing impairment who have specific needs.25 It is
also ranked third for the percentage of young people
who identify as young carers.26 The anecdotal stories of
County Lines activity demonstrate the need to protect
all vulnerable young people in the Dartford area who are
susceptible to grooming by organised crime groups
around the London area.
230,000
220,000
210,000
200,000
190,000
NEEDS ANALYSIS
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120,000
121,400
130,000
131,000
140,000
132,600
150,000
141,500
160,000
166,800
173,100
170,000
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151,000
180,000
3. Tackle health inequalities with preventative
approaches
Multiple indicators show that preventable health
issues are prevalent in Dartford across the age
spectrum. As the highest ranked district for hip
Percentage of adults overweight
Reception year prevalence of obes
