DA postcode area: Dartford

The DA postcode area is known as the Dartford area. It is every postcode that begins DA followed by a number. It has 18 districts and 9,221 postcodes in use, across 7 councils.

Homes in the DA area sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £270,000 in DA18 (Bexley) to £525,250 in DA5 (Bexley).

For the town itself, see Dartford postcodes.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

Where it is

Latitude 51.4409

Longitude 0.2259

This is the middle of the postcodes in the DA area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

What do homes cost in the DA area?

Homes in the DA area sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 4,332 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£400,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£400,000
12 months to August 2026
£400,000

■ no change on the 12 months before

Detached£643,501 487 sales
Semi-detached£463,000 1,447 sales
Terraced£375,000 1,517 sales
Flat or maisonette£238,000 881 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many postcodes are there in the UK?

How do the DA districts compare?

A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.

Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them

One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.

Places in the DA area

Towns and villages with postcodes in the DA area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.

Councils in the DA area

How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.

  • Bexley4,152 postcodes
  • Dartford2,458 postcodes
  • Gravesham2,134 postcodes
  • Sevenoaks443 postcodes
  • Bromley18 postcodes
  • Greenwich15 postcodes
  • Tonbridge and Malling1 postcode
What council am I in?

Near the DA area

The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.

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