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Council tax bands in Barking and Dagenham

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Barking and Dagenham has the largest share of homes in band C (61.5%), the third-smallest share in band F or above (0.6%) and the joint fifth-smallest share in band E (2.2%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the joint smallest share of homes with four or more bedrooms (3.6%) and the second-largest share of terraced houses (54.3%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales.

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA7B15C62D13E2F1FlatTerracedSemiBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA7B15C62D13E2F1FlatTerracedSemiBungalow

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Barking and Dagenham gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 76.9%, with band C the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 22.6%, is 20.5 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across London it is 16.7%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, B, D, A, E, F and G. Within London, the band mix closest to this one is that of Newham. Band H, the top band, holds 10 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA7.3%B15.3%C61.5%D13.2%E2.2%F0.5%G0.1%H0.0%Barking and DagenhamLondonEngland

The inter-war years built the most

Share of homes by build period; red line: England1%Before19003%1900–191849%1919–193913%1945–19647%1965–19826%1983–199910%2000–201511%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England1%<19003%190049%191913%19457%19656%198310%200011%2016

The biggest building periods here were between the wars (49.4%), from 1945 to 1964 (13.2%) and from 2016 to 2026 (10.9%). Homes from before 1919 make up 4.0%, 15.9 points below the share for England. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 16.8% of these newer homes and 23.3% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 700 homes (+0.86%). Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,990 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026BCDBuilt before 2016ABCD

More than half are terraced houses

Terraced houses make up more than half of the homes in Barking and Dagenham; after them come flats and maisonettes (36.6%), semi-detached houses (6.9%), bungalows (1.4%) and detached houses (0.5%). The widest gap to the rest of London is in flats and maisonettes: 20.9 points below the share there (57.5%). The typical home of each type sits in band D for bungalows, band D for detached houses, band C for semi-detached houses, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Portsmouth, followed by Merton and Harlow.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes36.6%ABCTerraced houses54.3%CDSemi-detached houses6.9%BCDDetached houses0.5%CDEFBungalows1.4%BCDE

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (40.2%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (39.1%) and one-bedroom (17.1%). Homes here average 2.31 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band D with four and band D with five. A detached house here has 3.5 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom17.1%2 bedrooms39.1%3 bedrooms40.2%4 bedrooms3.1%5 bedrooms0.4%6+ bedrooms0.1%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Barking and Dagenham are Stevenage (24.9), Harlow (28.6) and Crawley (36.8); the furthest within London is the City of London (145.2).

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Placed in London

On the share of homes in bands C to E, Barking and Dagenham comes 6th of the 33 councils in London, just behind Bexley and just ahead of Sutton. All London councils.

Share of homes in bands C to EBarking and Dagenham 77%41%80%