Barking and Dagenham

Borough · London · United Kingdom

East London borough built around the huge interwar Becontree estate, with the town centre of Barking and new riverside housing at Barking Riverside. One of the youngest and most affordable parts of London.

Median rent, 2-bed home£1,700 per month
Price level£££££
Good forFamiliesEasy commute
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Overview

Good for

Families on a budget; space for the money

Watch out for

Long trips into central London from the eastern end

Neighborhoods

  • Barking
  • Dagenham
  • Becontree
  • Chadwell Heath
  • Barking Riverside

Rent

The median monthly rent of a two-bedroom home in Barking and Dagenham was £1,700 in 2025/26, 17% below the London average. It is the 24th most expensive of 33 boroughs.

Home sizeMedian rent / month
Room£751
Studio£1,100
1 bedroom£1,350
2 bedrooms£1,700
3 bedrooms£2,000
4+ bedrooms£2,275

Median monthly rent of two-bedroom homes let privately, as recorded by Rent Officers (ONS). Rents vary a lot by street and building, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas because the sample is not random. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Rent by postcode district in Barking and Dagenham

Median monthly rent recorded in each postcode district (ONS). Districts are placed in the borough that contains their centre and often spill into neighbouring boroughs; small samples make these figures rougher than the borough ones.

DistrictIncludes (wards)1 bedroom2 bedrooms3 bedrooms
IG11Abbey, Barking Riverside, Beckton, Eastbury, East Ham South, Gascoigne£1,400£1,740£2,100
RM6Aldborough, Chadwell, Chadwell Heath, Goodmayes, Seven Kings, Whalebone£1,250£1,500£1,900
RM8Becontree, Eastbrook & Rush Green, Goodmayes, Heath, Mayesbrook, Parsloes£1,275£1,663£2,000
RM9Barking Riverside, Beam, Beam Park, Eastbury, Goresbrook, Heath£1,325£1,650£2,000
RM10Alibon, Beam, Eastbrook & Rush Green, Heath, Parsloes, Village£1,250£1,650£1,900
Rent £/month (2-bed)
  1. 1,550–1,700
  2. 1,700–1,800
  3. 1,800–2,000
  4. 2,000–2,350
  5. 2,350–3,563

Who lives here

Who lives hereBarking and DagenhamLondon
Population218,8698,799,725
One-person households23.7%29.3%
Children under 1524.6%18.1%
Aged 15–2413.0%12.3%
Aged 65 and over8.7%11.9%
Social housing rentals31.5%23.1%
Private rentals24.2%30.0%
Owner-occupied homes44.1%46.8%

Source: ONS – Census 2021 (Nomis: TS007A, TS054, TS003) (2021).

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Getting around

  • District and Hammersmith & City lines; c2c and Overground from Barking

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