Barking and Dagenham   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 163944      Males 78068      Females 85876      Aged 0 to 15 38354      Aged 16 to 74 113579      Aged 75 and over 12011       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Percentage change since 1991 5.4%   2.5%   132 16 Density           Number of people per hectare 45.4   3.4   19 18 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Single people (never married) 33.6%   30.1%   56 26 Married or re-married people 45.6%   50.9%   334 13 Separated or divorced 11.7%   10.6%   64 8 Widowed 9.2%   8.4%   101 1   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Households without car/van 37.9%   26.8%   32 17 Household with 1 car or van 45.0%   43.8%   144 13 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 17.1%   29.4%   351 17   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 One person households 30.8%   30.0%   90 25 Married couple households 31.8%   36.5%   332 15 Cohabiting couple households 8.2%   8.3%   200 19 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 10.4%   6.5%   7 4      with non-dependent children only 4.8%   3.1%   3 1 All other households 14.1%   15.6%   281 31 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 White 85.2%   91.3%   336 6    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Black African (4.4%) Indian (2.3%) Black Caribbean (2.1%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Born in UK 88.5%   91.1%   327 4 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 2.2%   2.3%   119 31 Born outside EU 9.3%   6.6%   44 29   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Christian 69.0%   71.7%   306 5 Buddhist 0.2%   0.3%   123 32 Hindu 1.1%   1.1%   50 24 Jewish 0.3%   0.5%   56 27 Muslim 4.4%   3.0%   52 26 Sikh 1.1%   0.6%   31 8 Other 0.2%   0.3%   280 33 No religion 15.3%   14.8%   163 19 Religion not stated 8.4%   7.7%   53 17 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Limiting long-term illness 19.9%   18.2%   118 1 General health 'not good' 10.7%   9.2%   77 2 People providing unpaid care 9.7%   10.0%   242 5 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 2.7%   2.1%   52 1 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Employed 56.1%   60.6%   315 29 Unemployed 4.5%   3.4%   40 15 Long-term unemployed 1.4%   1.0%   49 14 Student (economically active) 2.4%   2.6%   137 24 Retired 11.8%   13.6%   315 4 Student (economically inactive) 4.5%   4.7%   92 28 Looking after home/family 9.5%   6.5%   3 3 Permanently sick or disabled 7.0%   5.5%   72 2 Other inactive 4.2%   3.1%   32 18   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Travel to work by car 45.4%   61.5%   348 8 Travel to work by public transport 37.3%   14.5%   20 20   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Qualifications at degree level or higher 10.2%   19.8%   359 33 No qualifications 39.5%   29.1%   17 1 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/33 Number of households with residents 67273   -   97 31 Number of people per hectare 45.4   3.4   19 18 Average household size 2.42   2.36   96 13 Vacant household spaces 1.5%   3.2%   369 32 Owner-occupied 55.9%   68.9%   351 17 Without central heating 9.6%   8.5%   89 9 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.3%   0.5%   229 32 Overcrowding indicator 12.4%   7.0 %   25 23

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