Dartford District : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 4,350 Show data context
1811 4,350 Show data context 5,159 Show data context
1821 5,159 Show data context 6,017 Show data context
1831 6,017 Show data context 7,334 Show data context
1841 7,334 Show data context 8,836 Show data context
1851 8,836 Show data context 9,526 Show data context
1861 9,526 Show data context 11,257 Show data context
1871 11,257 Show data context
1881 22,762 Show data context
1891 22,762 Show data context 30,499 Show data context
1901 30,499 Show data context
1911 47,655 Show data context
1921 47,655 Show data context 53,311 Show data context
1931 53,311 Show data context 57,555 Show data context
1941 57,555 Show data context
1951 73,724 Show data context
1961 73,724 Show data context 80,988 Show data context
1971 80,988 Show data context 81,044 Show data context
1981 81,044 Show data context 78,991 Show data context
1991 78,991 Show data context 77,824 Show data context
2001 77,824 Show data context 85,911 Show data context
2011 97,365 Show data context
2021 116,824 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1811 - 2001 Census of Population
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 8 , 'Administrative Counties, Urban Districts and Rural Districts - Persons, Males and Females at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups in each Administrative County (inclusive and exclusive of associated County Boroughs) and in the aggregates of Urban Districts, of County Boroughs and of Rural districts. Also Males and Females at these ages in each County Borough, Municipal Borough, other Urban District and Rural District, 1911'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14 , 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 15 , 'Ages and Marital Conditions - Abridged Analysis'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 22 , 'Ages (quinary) by Marital Condition - Abridged Analysis', for 'Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, NT'
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Tables SAS06 and SAS07)
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (Table SAS02: "Age and Marital Status: All Residents)
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S02 Age and marital status: Residents [100%])
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table CS001 - Age by sex and resident type)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table LC1117EW - "Sex by age")
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Age" (23 way) by "Sex")

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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dartford District through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026