Electoral wardE05014063
Heath ward, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Heath is one of 19 electoral wards of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 8,994 residents in 3,254 households — 8,322 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dagenham and Rainham constituency.
Residents, 20218,994council ward average 11,520
Households3,2542.76 residents per household
Density8,322/ km²about 1.08 km² · London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 6,065
Aged 65+9.4%London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: 8.7% · under 16: 26.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 678
5–98.1% · 725
10–1510.6% · 951
16–195.3% · 481
20–246.4% · 573
25–3415.2% · 1,363
35–4921.9% · 1,970
50–6415.6% · 1,403
65–745.1% · 458
75–843.0% · 270
85+1.3% · 120
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.5% · 1,219
1 car or van44.5% · 1,448
2 cars or vans14.5% · 471
3 or more3.6% · 117
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 outright12.7% · 412
With mortgage27.7% · 899
Shared ownership1.7% · 55
Social rented40.5% · 1,315
Private rented17.3% · 562
Lives rent free0.2% · 7
Type of home
Detached house3.9% · 128
Semi-detached house23.7% · 771
Terraced house31.2% · 1,014
Purpose-built flat39.2% · 1,274
Converted house1.1% · 36
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.8% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014063- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 19
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlibon9.3% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned10,031BBeam9.7% aged 65+ · 48.0% owned8,610CChadwell Heath12.0% aged 65+ · 48.8% owned14,086EEastbrook & Rush Green13.9% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned8,649GGoresbrook10.3% aged 65+ · 39.2% owned13,070PParsloes9.6% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned15,251VValence9.2% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned15,481VVillage10.1% aged 65+ · 38.0% owned12,540WWhalebone7.5% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned13,706
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.