Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.
Barking and Dagenham Wages, Employment and Property Affordability
Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Barking and Dagenham prices and rents.
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026
Barking and Dagenham wages, employment and affordability
Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.
Resident population
238,295
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£39,213
Barking and Dagenham
Median resident weekly pay
£754
Full-time employees
Employment rate
69.3%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
6.0%
Economically active
Average monthly rent compared with estimated monthly earnings.
Labour market rates are from the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis. Where the local APS unemployment value is suppressed, the ONS model-based unemployment estimate is used. Earnings are ONS ASHE resident-analysis median full-time employee earnings. Annual pay is annualised from weekly pay for display context.
Incomes Explain Affordability Pressure
Wage and employment data does not predict house prices by itself. It gives demand-side context: how average prices and rents compare with resident earnings, whether employment conditions support demand, and where affordability pressure may limit the buyer or renter pool.
Barking and Dagenham had a resident population of 238,295 in 2025, so this is a large and growing local labour market in population terms. The latest ONS/Nomis picture, using the Annual Population Survey for labour market rates and ASHE for earnings, gives a useful context for affordability.