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Electoral wardE05014062

Goresbrook ward, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Goresbrook is one of 19 electoral wards of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 13,070 residents in 4,526 households — 8,124 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Barking and Dagenham and Rainham constituencies.

Residents, 202113,070council ward average 11,520
Households4,5262.89 residents per household
Density8,124/ km²about 1.61 km² · London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 6,065
Aged 65+10.3%London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: 8.7% · under 16: 25.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.3% · 954
5–98.2% · 1,067
10–1510.1% · 1,323
16–195.3% · 692
20–245.7% · 742
25–3413.7% · 1,792
35–4922.4% · 2,930
50–6417.0% · 2,219
65–746.2% · 807
75–842.8% · 371
85+1.3% · 172

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.5% · 1,563
1 car or van45.9% · 2,077
2 cars or vans15.6% · 708
3 or more3.9% · 178
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 outright13.2% · 596
With mortgage26.0% · 1,178
Shared ownership1.6% · 72
Social rented36.8% · 1,665
Private rented22.2% · 1,007
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house6.1% · 274
Semi-detached house20.7% · 935
Terraced house58.1% · 2,626
Purpose-built flat12.5% · 565
Converted house1.6% · 73
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.9% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014062
Region
London
Density rank in council
8 of 19

Other wards in the same constituency

AAbbey4.9% aged 65+ · 23.1% owned3,955AAlibon9.3% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned10,031BBarking Riverside3.5% aged 65+ · 36.3% owned9,955BBeam9.7% aged 65+ · 48.0% owned8,610BBecontree8.8% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned9,799CChadwell Heath12.0% aged 65+ · 48.8% owned14,086EEastbrook & Rush Green13.9% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned8,649EEastbury8.4% aged 65+ · 41.9% owned15,600GGascoigne4.9% aged 65+ · 23.5% owned10,831HHeath9.4% aged 65+ · 40.3% owned8,994LLongbridge10.4% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned13,306MMayesbrook7.8% aged 65+ · 36.2% owned15,922NNorthbury5.6% aged 65+ · 27.5% owned13,080PParsloes9.6% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned15,251

All 19 wards of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

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.