Rent in E16, London

E16 is a postcode district mostly in Newham, with wards including Beckton, Canning Town North, Canning Town South, Custom House. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £2,110 a month, +6% against the Newham figure and +4% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeE16NewhamLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,700£1,675£1,684490
2 bedrooms£2,110£2,000£2,036510
3 bedrooms£2,450£2,298£2,472130
4+ bedrooms£3,141£2,600£3,35310

Median monthly rent of private lets recorded by Rent Officers between April 2025 and March 2026. Counts are rounded to the nearest 10; with few rents a single expensive or cheap flat moves the median, and ONS advises caution when comparing areas. The London column is an average of the borough figures weighted by the number of rents. Source: ONS – Private rental market in London, April 2025 to March 2026.

Wards in E16 include

Beckton · Canning Town North · Canning Town South · Custom House · Plaistow South · Plaistow West & Canning Town East

Who lives in Newham

Census 2021, whole borough (Newham vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.

Owner-occupied homes33.2%46.8%
Private rentals38.5%30.0%
Social housing rentals28.0%23.1%
One-person households23.4%29.3%
Children under 1520.1%18.1%
Aged 65 and over7.2%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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