Barking and Dagenham

Key figures

21 of 21 measures have a published figure for Barking and Dagenham. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Barking and Dagenham, not our estimates.

• 3,597 births and 1,210 deaths: natural change added 2,387 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) reduced the population by 2,541.
• International migration (net) added 3,587 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) reduced the figure by 4.
• Altogether the population grew by 3,429 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Barking and Dagenham: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Barking and Dagenham’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Barking and Dagenham moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

average house price and average private rent rose faster than pay over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour (2026) — Labour 38, Reform UK 9, Green 4 of 51 seats.

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Barking and Dagenham’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

24,492 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 102.8 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Deprivation, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

The English Indices of Deprivation (IoD2025) rank every one of Barking and Dagenham’s 115 neighbourhoods against the rest of England, where rank 1 is the most deprived. Each neighbourhood’s page carries its full rank and domain deciles.

Most deprived here: Barking and Dagenham 006C (rank 1,545), Barking and Dagenham 015E (rank 2,665), Barking and Dagenham 014D (rank 3,580). Least deprived: Barking and Dagenham 019I (rank 20,260), Barking and Dagenham 011C (rank 18,866), Barking and Dagenham 003D (rank 17,151).

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 0.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£38,467
• Median annual pay, female full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 8.7% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£38,462
• Median annual pay, male full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · down 3.6% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£38,452
• Asylum seekers supported in each council area2026 Q2 · down 16.4% on a year earlier · Home Office, published 27 August 2026271people
• Families in B&Bs beyond the six-week legal limit2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 202618households
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,597people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026185,911people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026218,869people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · down 1.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 202611,575people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · down 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20267.5%
• Outstanding council borrowing2026 Q2 · up 5.1% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£1.6bn
• Council investments held2026 Q2 · up 21.4% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 3 September 2026£524.2m
• Earmarked council reservesYear ending March 2025 · down 0.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£114.7m
• Unallocated council reservesYear ending March 2025 · up 3.2% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£14.9m
• Council spending on servicesYear ending March 2025 · up 6.1% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026£584.2m
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 4.8% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,199
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,210people
• Dwellings on the Council Tax valuation listsYear ending March 2025 · VOA, published 25 September 202581,800dwellings
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,119kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202516.7%
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202610,638kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 1.6 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20264.3%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 4.3% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£371,030
• Households in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 20261,004households
• Households assessed as owed a homelessness duty2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026301households
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202530.3
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20251.7%
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202538.4%
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-2,541people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20266,795people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,587people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20263,208people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20262,387people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-4people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 2.8% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025232,747people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 0.8 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20262.8%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 2.8% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,696
• People resettled in each council area2023 Q4 · Home Office, published 27 August 20264people
• Households with children in temporary accommodation2026 Q1 · MHCLG, published 13 August 2026762households
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 1.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£754

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Barking and Dagenham; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for Barking and Dagenham, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• 11,6202012→10,6382024

  Mean domestic gas consumption per meter

  In Barking and Dagenham, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 11,620 in 2012 to 10,638 in 2024, a change of 982 or 8.5% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  10,638 in 2024 − 11,620 in 2012 = −982, which is 8.5% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 10,637.74 and 11,620.21, and 10,637.74 − 11,620.21 = 982.47.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic gas consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, mean domestic gas consumption per meter fell from 11,620 in 2012 to 10,638 in 2024, a change of 982 or 8.5% (DESNZ).

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• 3,7322012→3,1192024

  Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter

  In Barking and Dagenham, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,732 in 2012 to 3,119 in 2024, a change of 613 or 16.4% (DESNZ).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,119 in 2024 − 3,732 in 2012 = −613, which is 16.4% of the figure for 2012.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 3,118.81 and 3,732.00, and 3,118.81 − 3,732.00 = 613.19.

  13 published years spanning 12 years, from DESNZ. Years before the current series come from Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, mean domestic electricity consumption per meter fell from 3,732 in 2012 to 3,119 in 2024, a change of 613 or 16.4% (DESNZ).

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• £1,617Year ending March 2021→£2,199Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,617 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,199 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £582 or 36.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,199 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,617 in the year ending March 2021 = £582, which is 36.0% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,198.51 and 1,616.87, and 2,198.51 − 1,616.87 = 581.64.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Barking and Dagenham, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,617 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,199 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £582 or 36.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £25,6202008→£38,4672025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Barking and Dagenham, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £25,620 in 2008 to £38,467 in 2025, a change of £12,847 or 50.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £38,467 in 2025 − £25,620 in 2008 = £12,847, which is 50.1% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Barking and Dagenham, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £25,620 in 2008 to £38,467 in 2025, a change of £12,847 or 50.1%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £4992008→£7542025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Barking and Dagenham, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £499 in 2008 to £754 in 2025, a change of £255 or 51.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £754 in 2025 − £499 in 2008 = £255, which is 51.0% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 754.10 and 499.40, and 754.10 − 499.40 = 254.70.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Barking and Dagenham, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £499 in 2008 to £754 in 2025, a change of £255 or 51.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• -496Year to mid-2012→-2,541Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, net internal migration by local authority fell from -496 in Year to mid-2012 to -2,541 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,045 or 412.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -2,541 in Year to mid-2025 − -496 in Year to mid-2012 = −2,045, which is 412.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, net internal migration by local authority fell from -496 in Year to mid-2012 to -2,541 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,045 or 412.3% (ONS).

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• 3,549Year to mid-2012→6,795Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, international migration into a local authority rose from 3,549 in Year to mid-2012 to 6,795 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 3,246 or 91.5% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  6,795 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,549 in Year to mid-2012 = 3,246, which is 91.5% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, international migration into a local authority rose from 3,549 in Year to mid-2012 to 6,795 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 3,246 or 91.5% (ONS).

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• 2,437Year to mid-2012→3,208Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, international migration out of a local authority rose from 2,437 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,208 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 771 or 31.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,208 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,437 in Year to mid-2012 = 771, which is 31.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, international migration out of a local authority rose from 2,437 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,208 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 771 or 31.6% (ONS).

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• 1,112Year to mid-2012→3,587Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, net international migration by local authority rose from 1,112 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,587 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,475 or 222.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,587 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,112 in Year to mid-2012 = 2,475, which is 222.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, net international migration by local authority rose from 1,112 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,587 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 2,475 or 222.6% (ONS).

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• 3,797Year to mid-2012→3,597Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, births by local authority fell from 3,797 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,597 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 200 or 5.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  3,597 in Year to mid-2025 − 3,797 in Year to mid-2012 = −200, which is 5.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, births by local authority fell from 3,797 in Year to mid-2012 to 3,597 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 200 or 5.3% (ONS).

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• 1,287Year to mid-2012→1,210Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, deaths by local authority fell from 1,287 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,210 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 77 or 6.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,210 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,287 in Year to mid-2012 = −77, which is 6.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, deaths by local authority fell from 1,287 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,210 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 77 or 6.0% (ONS).

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• 2,510Year to mid-2012→2,387Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 2,510 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,387 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 123 or 4.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  2,387 in Year to mid-2025 − 2,510 in Year to mid-2012 = −123, which is 4.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 2,510 in Year to mid-2012 to 2,387 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 123 or 4.9% (ONS).

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• 1,298Year to mid-2012→-4Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Barking and Dagenham, other population change by local authority fell from 1,298 in Year to mid-2012 to -4 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,302 or 100.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -4 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,298 in Year to mid-2012 = −1,302, which is 100.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, other population change by local authority fell from 1,298 in Year to mid-2012 to -4 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 1,302 or 100.3% (ONS).

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• £70m2010 Q1→£1.6bn2026 Q2

  Outstanding council borrowing

  In Barking and Dagenham, outstanding council borrowing rose from £70m in 2010 Q1 to £1.6bn in 2026 Q2, a change of £1.5bn or 2167.1% (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £1.6bn in 2026 Q2 − £70m in 2010 Q1 = £1.5bn, which is 2167.1% of the figure for 2010 Q1.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 1,586.98 and 70.00, and 1,586.98 − 70.00 = 1,516.98.

  36 published years spanning 16 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Outstanding council borrowing, 2010 to 2020, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Barking and Dagenham, outstanding council borrowing rose from £70m in 2010 Q1 to £1.6bn in 2026 Q2, a change of £1.5bn or 2167.1% (MHCLG).

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Compare Barking and Dagenham with another place

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• Barking and Dagenham and Birmingham
• Barking and Dagenham and Leeds
• Barking and Dagenham and North Yorkshire
• Barking and Dagenham and Somerset
• Barking and Dagenham and Cornwall
• Barking and Dagenham and Buckinghamshire

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Since you moved here

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Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Barking and Dagenham are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.