Rent in RM6, London
RM6 is a postcode district mostly in Barking and Dagenham (it also reaches into Redbridge), with wards including Aldborough, Chadwell, Chadwell Heath, Goodmayes. A two-bedroom home here rents for a median £1,500 a month, −12% against the Barking and Dagenham figure and −26% against London as a whole.
Rent by home size
| Home | RM6 | Barking and Dagenham | London |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,250 | £1,350 | £1,684 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,500 | £1,700 | £2,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,900 | £2,000 | £2,472 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,150 | £2,275 | £3,353 |
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 RM6 include
Aldborough · Chadwell · Chadwell Heath · Goodmayes · Seven Kings · Whalebone
Who lives in Barking and Dagenham
Census 2021, whole borough (Barking and Dagenham vs London). Postcode districts have no census figures of their own.
| Owner-occupied homes | 44.1% | 46.8% |
| Private rentals | 24.2% | 30.0% |
| Social housing rentals | 31.5% | 23.1% |
| One-person households | 23.7% | 29.3% |
| Children under 15 | 24.6% | 18.1% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8.7% | 11.9% |
Nearby postcode districts
- RM8 · Barking and Dagenham · 2 bedrooms £1,663
- IG3 · Redbridge · 2 bedrooms £1,650
- RM7 · Havering · 2 bedrooms £1,600
- IG2 · Redbridge · 2 bedrooms £1,650
- IG6 · Redbridge · 2 bedrooms £1,600
- RM5 · Havering · 2 bedrooms £1,550
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