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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000011

Dagenham Eastbrook

Dagenham Eastbrook is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,030 residents in Barking and Dagenham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Barking and Dagenham
7,030

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,353

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,410.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.1%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

South Chingford, Waltham Forest8,973 residents · 60.0% owned · 27.0% no carSt Helier North, Merton9,666 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.0% no carRainham West, Havering6,737 residents · 60.5% owned · 27.0% no carHillingdon Heath, Hillingdon8,823 residents · 46.2% owned · 23.7% no carWest Drayton West, Hillingdon9,576 residents · 48.1% owned · 25.9% no carLittle Heath, Coventry7,211 residents · 57.7% owned · 26.5% no car

Most similar within Barking and Dagenham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Rylands Estate & Dagenham Dock, Barking and Dagenham8,759 residents · 47.3% owned · 33.3% no carChadwell Heath East, Barking and Dagenham11,542 residents · 55.6% owned · 29.4% no carBecontree Heath, Barking and Dagenham11,082 residents · 51.9% owned · 28.0% no carDagenham North, Barking and Dagenham9,485 residents · 43.4% owned · 33.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dagenham Eastbrook

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned55.6%
1,309 households
Private rented28.9%
679 households
Social rented14.9%
351 households
Shared ownership0.6%
14 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.6%
955 households
Semi-detached25.8%
606 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement22.2%
523 households
Detached7.4%
173 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.1%
49 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.2%
1,087 households
No cars or vans in household29.9%
703 households
2 cars or vans in household19%
447 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.9%
116 households
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.3%
1,136 households
2 bedrooms26.9%
634 households
4 or more bedrooms15.2%
358 households
1 bedroom9.6%
225 households
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.7%
1,522 households
One-person household22.5%
530 households
Other household types12.8%
302 households
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household23.8%
560 households
1 person in household22.5%
530 households
3 people in household18.6%
437 households
4 people in household18.6%
437 households
5 people in household9.5%
224 households
6 people in household4.2%
100 households
7 people in household1.9%
44 households
8 or more people in household0.9%
21 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.7%
1,528 residents
15–2920.1%
1,411 residents
30–4422.3%
1,570 residents
45–6423.1%
1,625 residents
65 and over12.7%
892 residents
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White51.6%
3,630 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh21.8%
1,530 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African19.9%
1,402 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
234 residents
Other ethnic group3.3%
233 residents
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.1%
1,687 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications25.5%
1,380 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.6%
681 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.1%
654 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
558 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.7%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.8%
204 residents aged 16 and over
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59%
3,199 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.8%
2,047 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.2%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
875 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.7%
798 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.9%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.1%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.4%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.3%
558 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.2%
334 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.3%
3,536 residents
Good health33.4%
2,350 residents
Fair health11.1%
781 residents
Bad health4.3%
304 residents
Very bad health0.9%
62 residents
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.2%
6,060 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.8%
971 residents
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.8%
912 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension38.4%
904 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.4%
433 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.8%
90 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
13 households
Dagenham Eastbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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