Housing in IG11 8PS
What the homes in IG11 8PS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Barking Central
- Council
- Barking and Dagenham
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,474 (2024)
IG11 8PSBarking
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (71%). Flats make up 72.6%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
25.1% of households in the IG11 8PS area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 42.5% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 9% own outright and 16.1% with a mortgage.
- Owned25.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership3.7%1%
- Private rented42.5%20.5%
- Social rented28.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.9 people living in it. 20.8% 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 (27.2%). 44.6% 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 8PS (Barking Central) (about 2,474 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.