Marks Gate

Barking and Dagenham · London · population 8,386 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,386 of 6,856 in England
  • #801 of 1,002 in London
  • #12 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,286
Median age (est.)33
Density3,831per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above31%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 21%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 42%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 42%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 6%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 22%Other: 17%
One person 25%Couple, no children 6%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 22%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary15%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 49%Asian: 22%Black: 21%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 49%Asian 22%Black 21%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 22% · Muslim 19%

Born outside the UK: 35%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Marks Gate is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,386 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 22 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (53) and lowest on Income (16). Typical homes here sold for about £410,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 57 sales), 8% above the wider Barking and Dagenham median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,897 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 89 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 16 · #5,777
Employment 22 · #5,379
Education 32 · #4,673
Health 29 · #4,893
Crime 22 · #5,338
Housing & access 17 · #5,688
Living environment 53 · #3,234

House prices ?

£410,000median (12m) · +15.5% yr · n=57
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£410,00057+15.5%+13.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£465,00015+3.9%+27.4%
Terraced£405,00030-2.4%+15.7%
Flat£235,00010+5.1%+11.9%
This area£410,000
Barking and Dagenham£380,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£46,897±£6,972 · #1,654 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,210
Price-to-income ?8.7×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

19Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 746 offences
Barking and Dagenham90
London102
England83

Rank #4,504 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences355
Theft85
Burglary28
Vehicle crime81
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons44
Drugs83
Robbery13
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 283 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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