Rent in IG7, London

IG7 is a postcode district mostly in Redbridge (it also reaches into Epping Forest), with wards including Chigwell with Lambourne, Fairlop, Grange Hill, Hainault. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,650 a month, −3% against the Redbridge figure and −19% against London as a whole.

Rent by home size

HomeIG7RedbridgeLondonRents recorded
1 bedroom£1,400£1,400£1,68410
2 bedrooms£1,650£1,700£2,03610
3 bedrooms£1,950£2,123£2,47220
4+ bedrooms£3,300£2,675£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 IG7 include

Chigwell with Lambourne · Fairlop · Grange Hill · Hainault · Loughton Roding

Who lives in Redbridge

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

Owner-occupied homes58.0%46.8%
Private rentals30.4%30.0%
Social housing rentals11.3%23.1%
One-person households23.0%29.3%
Children under 1520.7%18.1%
Aged 65 and over12.2%11.9%

Nearby postcode districts

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