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Electoral wardE05014065

Mayesbrook ward, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Mayesbrook is one of 19 electoral wards of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 15,922 residents in 5,421 households — 9,480 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Barking constituency.

Residents, 202115,922council ward average 11,520
Households5,4212.94 residents per household
Density9,480/ km²about 1.68 km² · London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 6,065
Aged 65+7.8%London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: 8.7% · under 16: 27.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.1% · 1,294
5–98.7% · 1,386
10–1510.3% · 1,645
16–195.6% · 899
20–246.3% · 1,005
25–3415.0% · 2,386
35–4923.6% · 3,753
50–6414.6% · 2,317
65–744.6% · 725
75–842.0% · 326
85+1.2% · 186

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.7% · 1,883
1 car or van46.9% · 2,541
2 cars or vans14.7% · 796
3 or more3.7% · 200
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 outright11.7% · 637
With mortgage24.5% · 1,327
Shared ownership1.2% · 67
Social rented37.5% · 2,033
Private rented24.8% · 1,345
Lives rent free0.2% · 13

Type of home

Detached house5.4% · 291
Semi-detached house21.6% · 1,171
Terraced house43.1% · 2,336
Purpose-built flat26.1% · 1,416
Converted house2.2% · 118
Other conversion0.8% · 46
Above shop / office0.7% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.