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Barking Riverside ward, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Barking Riverside is one of 19 electoral wards of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 9,955 residents in 3,358 households — 2,247 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Barking constituency.

Residents, 20219,955council ward average 11,520
Households3,3582.96 residents per household
Density2,247/ km²about 4.43 km² · London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 6,065
Aged 65+3.5%London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: 8.7% · under 16: 31.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–411.2% · 1,116
5–99.2% · 913
10–1511.2% · 1,113
16–194.8% · 480
20–244.9% · 489
25–3418.7% · 1,864
35–4924.8% · 2,466
50–6411.7% · 1,167
65–742.2% · 223
75–841.0% · 95
85+0.3% · 30

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.1% · 1,045
1 car or van52.5% · 1,763
2 cars or vans13.8% · 462
3 or more2.6% · 88
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; London Borough of Barking and Dagenham overall: 42.4% owned, 31.5% social rented, 24.2% private rented.

Owned outright5.1% · 172
With mortgage31.2% · 1,048
Shared ownership4.0% · 133
Social rented38.7% · 1,300
Private rented20.9% · 701
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house4.3% · 143
Semi-detached house13.9% · 468
Terraced house27.8% · 933
Purpose-built flat53.0% · 1,779
Converted house0.7% · 22
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.