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Electoral wardE05014061

Gascoigne ward, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Gascoigne is one of 19 electoral wards of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 10,831 residents in 3,862 households — 11,751 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Barking constituency.

Residents, 202110,831council ward average 11,520
Households3,8622.8 residents per household
Density11,751/ km²about 0.92 km² · London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 6,065
Aged 65+4.9%London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: 8.7% · under 16: 29.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–410.6% · 1,146
5–99.0% · 975
10–159.8% · 1,065
16–195.6% · 605
20–244.9% · 536
25–3417.6% · 1,908
35–4926.1% · 2,822
50–6411.5% · 1,246
65–742.9% · 315
75–841.4% · 156
85+0.5% · 57

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van46.2% · 1,785
1 car or van43.6% · 1,684
2 cars or vans8.6% · 333
3 or more1.6% · 60
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 outright7.2% · 277
With mortgage16.3% · 629
Shared ownership6.7% · 257
Social rented42.1% · 1,624
Private rented27.5% · 1,062
Lives rent free0.3% · 13

Type of home

Detached house2.9% · 111
Semi-detached house7.6% · 294
Terraced house18.3% · 706
Purpose-built flat69.0% · 2,666
Converted house1.3% · 52
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 12
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.