Kent Civil Parishes
There are two different types of parishes, whose boundaries do
not always coincide.
- The ecclesiastical parish centred on an Anglican church
- A civil parish which is part of the local
administration.
Civil parishes have nothing to do with the church. A civil
parish is an independent local democratic unit for villages,
smaller towns and for the suburbs of the main urban areas.
Typically urban areas are non-civil parish areas.
As at December 2006 there were 306 civil parishes in the Kent
County Council area and a further 11 in the Medway Unitary
Authority area.
The Office for National Statistics have recently published
2007 mid-year population estimates for parishes (PDF, 182k)
whilst information on the characteristics of the population can be
found in the 2001 Census Area Profiles.
For further information and links to parish council contacts and
websites look at our page on Kent Parish and Town
Councils.
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