City Profile • Local Authority
Barking and Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham is a local authority district comprising 7 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £375k, reflecting a upward trend of 2.3% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 103 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.
Population Trajectory
Annual residents (1991 – 2022)
219,992
Residents (2022)
Constituent Districts
7 AreasPopulation Composition
Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Barking and Dagenham authority according to the Census 2021.
Top Ethnicities
White: English30.9%
African16.0%
White: Other White13.0%
Bangladeshi10.2%
Pakistani7.2%
Indian5.2%
Age Profile
35-39 years8.5%
5-9 years8.4%
10-14 years8.3%
30-34 years8.3%
0-4 years7.9%
40-44 years7.8%
Top Occupations
Professional16.1%
Elementary occupations15.9%
Skilled trades11.6%
Caring and leisure11.5%
Associate professional9.8%
Process and machine operatives9.5%
Housing Tenure
Owned: Mortgage27.3%
Social rented: Council24.4%
Private rented: Landlord22.2%
Owned: Outright15.1%
Social rented: Other7.0%
Private rented: Other2.0%
Area DNA
family3/10
health10/10
safety3/10
homeown1/10
transit2/10
affluence2/10
diversity10/10
employment1/10
investment9/10