Barking and Dagenham: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£664,346

Semi-detached

£494,567

Terraced

£409,511

Flat or maisonette

£251,856

First-time buyers

£360,178

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  155,487 in 1991 → 232,747 in 2024 (+49.7%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £167,184 in 2005 → £375,604 in 2026 (+124.7%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £450 in 2008 → £663 in 2025 (+47.3%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  61.4% in 2004 → 72.2% in 2023 (+17.6%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  2.8% in 2001 → 7.6% in 2025 (+171.4%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £8,517 in 1997 → £21,066 in 2024 (+147.3%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Barking and Dagenham; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Business births · Economy & work17.2% (2024) · 2nd highest of 361
• New homes · Housing19.0 per 1,000 (2024/25) · 9th highest of 296
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access8 min (2019) · 34th lowest of 326
• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access95.3% (January 2026) · 54th highest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• Job density · Economy & work0.42 jobs per resident (2024) · 350th highest of 350
• Claimant count · Economy & work7.6% (2025) · 358th lowest of 361
• Obesity in Year 6 · Health & wellbeing28.3% (2024/25) · 285th lowest of 292
• Preventable heart deaths · Health & wellbeing46.4 per 100,000 (2022 to 2024) · 283rd lowest of 292

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)77.8 years · England 80.0 · 122nd highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)82.2 years · England 83.8 · 114th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)59.6 years · England 60.9 · 83rd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)59.0 years · England 61.3 · 94th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)391.2 per 100k · England 321.0 · 111th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)15.4% · England 10.4 · 141st lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)71.7% · England 64.6 · 133rd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)67.9% · England 68.3 · 86th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)48.8 score · England 46.0 · 37th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.2% · England 5.8 · 23rd lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)23.0% · England 19.8 · 103rd lowest of 153