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Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council

Local authority area: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a london borough, in the Greater London region of England. It covers 36.1 km² and had 219,992 residents in 2022 — about 6,092 people per km². The authority dates from 1965.

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Town hall in the administrative centreDagenham Civic Centre
Dagenham Civic Centre
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People

Population

Estimates recorded for London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, 1901–2022.

Residents, 2022219,992+777.2% since 1901
Land area36.1km²13.9 sq mi
Density6,092/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#119of 382 UK councils · #106 in England
Population estimates16 data points
67.7K121.4K143.1K168.7K164.6K160.7K149K146.2K163.9K185.9K190.6K202K212K220K
19211931194119511961197119811991200120112012201520182022
History

How the council came to be

  1. 1965
    Created

    Formed from Municipal Borough of Barking, Dagenham.

Abroad

Twinned with

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Same region, same type

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Elections

19 electoral wards

Census 2021: 218,871 residents in 73,901 households across the wards; 8.7% aged 65+, 42.4% of homes owned, 34.7% of households without a car.

1Mayesbrook5,421 households · 7.8% aged 65+15,9222Eastbury5,166 households · 8.4% aged 65+15,6003Valence5,288 households · 9.2% aged 65+15,4814Parsloes5,342 households · 9.6% aged 65+15,2515Chadwell Heath4,913 households · 12.0% aged 65+14,0866Whalebone4,449 households · 7.5% aged 65+13,706

All wards of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CLondon Borough Of Barking & DagenhamCouncil office · Barking IG11 7LUCThe London Borough Of Barking & DagenhamCouncil office · Dagenham RM10 7BN · hours listedTBarking Town HallTown hall · Barking IG11 7LU · hours listed
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Constituencies

Barking · 13 wardsDagenham and Rainham · 10 wardsIlford South · 1 ward
Source: Wikidata Q205358 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.