The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London. It has a population of 218,534 (Census 2021).
The grid below shows how Barking & Dagenham compares against London overall on key poverty and inequality indicators. Red text denotes the fact that Barking & Dagenham is worse than the selected comparison group for that indicator, and green means it is better. Use the dropdown filter on the right to select different types of comparison.
Barking and Dagenham indicator rankings
Living standards
Child poverty rate
Child poverty rate (AHC)
Worse compared to all London Boroughs (33%)
Worse compared to England (31%)
Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 35.5%)
Worse compared to nearest neighbours (36%)
Income deprivation
Income deprivation (relative to London overall)
Worse compared to all London Boroughs ( 1)
Worse compared to England (0.8)
Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 1.44)
Worse compared to nearest neighbours (1.26)
Pay inequality
80:20 ratio of earnings
Better compared to all London Boroughs (2.5)
Worse compared to England (1.72)
Better compared to London Planning Area (East - 2.395)
Better compared to nearest neighbours (2.39)
Poverty rate
Poverty rate
Average compared to all London Boroughs (25%)
Average compared to England (22.2%)
Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 28.5%)
Average compared to nearest neighbours (28%)
People
Infant mortality
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births
Worse compared to all London Boroughs (3.3)
Average compared to England (3.7)
Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 3.5)
Average compared to nearest neighbours (4.1)
Premature mortality
Deaths of <75 year olds per 100,000
Worse compared to all London Boroughs (309)
Worse compared to England (342)
Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 348)
Worse compared to nearest neighbours (331)
Qualifications at 19
19 year olds without level 3 qualifications
Worse compared to all London Boroughs (28.8%)
Average compared to England (34.6%)
Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 29.45%)
Worse compared to nearest neighbours (29.6%)
Work
Benefits
Out-of-work benefits
Worse compared to all London Boroughs (12.8%)
Worse compared to England (13.1%)
Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 14.65%)
Worse compared to nearest neighbours (13.8%)
Low pay (resident)
Proportion of borough residents' jobs that are low paid
Worse compared to all London Boroughs (16.4%)
(Data not available)
Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 18.6%)
Worse compared to nearest neighbours (19.5%)
Unemployment rate
Unemployment rate
Worse compared to all London Boroughs ( 5%)
Worse compared to England (3.7%)
Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 5.15%)
Worse compared to nearest neighbours ( 5%)
Unemployment rate change
Unemployment rate 1 year change
Average compared to all London Boroughs (0.6pts)
Worse compared to England (0.1pts)
Worse compared to nearest neighbours (-0.5pts)