Housing in IG11 7DS
What the homes in IG11 7DS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,284 (2024)
- Status
- No longer in use
IG11 7DSBarking
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (64.8%). Flats make up 66%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
18.8% of households in the IG11 7DS area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 15.8% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 7.5% own outright and 11.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned18.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership3.3%1%
- Private rented15.8%20.5%
- Social rented61.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.7%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.3 people living in it. 20.2% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (26%). 45.2% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Barking and Dagenham
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Barking and Dagenham (August 2026, +2.6% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around IG11 7DS (Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside) (about 1,284 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.