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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02000017

Barking East

Barking East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,133 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
9,133

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,767

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,419.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.6%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Barking East

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

Tenure

Owned46.5%
1,286 households
Private rented42.3%
1,171 households
Social rented10.7%
296 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced47.9%
1,325 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.1%
528 households
Semi-detached18.2%
503 households
Detached7.4%
205 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.1%
170 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household40.7%
1,124 households
1 car or van in household40.4%
1,117 households
2 cars or vans in household14.9%
413 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4%
111 households
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40%
1,107 households
4 or more bedrooms24.4%
675 households
1 bedroom18.6%
513 households
2 bedrooms17%
470 households
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54%
1,495 households
Other household types23.5%
651 households
One-person household22.4%
621 households
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household22.5%
622 households
2 people in household18.3%
507 households
3 people in household17.5%
485 households
4 people in household17.4%
481 households
5 people in household10.7%
297 households
6 people in household7.2%
198 households
8 or more people in household3.3%
92 households
7 people in household3.1%
86 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,877 residents
15–2921.3%
1,944 residents
30–4426.9%
2,455 residents
45–6423%
2,097 residents
65 and over8.3%
762 residents
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh48.4%
4,422 residents
White31.7%
2,900 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African11.9%
1,083 residents
Other ethnic group4.4%
401 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%
328 residents
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.6%
2,473 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.1%
1,652 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.3%
880 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.7%
834 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%
792 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.1%
292 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.6%
4,259 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.6%
2,611 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.8%
270 residents aged 16 and over
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.7%
1,123 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.7%
1,050 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.9%
922 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.1%
861 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.8%
846 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.3%
662 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.3%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
332 residents aged 16 and over
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.1%
4,575 residents
Good health34.8%
3,179 residents
Fair health10.7%
976 residents
Bad health3.4%
314 residents
Very bad health1%
89 residents
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.1%
8,043 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.9%
1,090 residents
Barking East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension39.3%
1,086 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension36.8%
1,018 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.1%
473 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.5%
180 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Barking East · 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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