IG postcode area: Ilford

The IG postcode area is known as the Ilford area. It is every postcode that begins IG followed by a number. It has 11 districts and 6,106 postcodes in use, across 5 councils.

Homes in the IG area sold for a typical £500,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £352,250 in IG11 (Barking and Dagenham) to £670,000 in IG9 (Buckhurst Hill).

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

Typical price £500,000 Homes sold in the IG area, last 12 months. ▲ 2% on the year before Cheapest to dearest district £352,250 to £670,000 IG11 (Barking and Dagenham) to IG9 (Buckhurst Hill) Gigabit broadband 4,814 of 5,858 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 833 of 6,106 postcodes in England have a home or business at risk; 2,905 homes and businesses at high or medium risk

Where it is

Latitude 51.5866

Longitude 0.0748

This is the middle of the postcodes in the IG area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

What do homes cost in the IG area?

Homes in the IG area sold for a typical £500,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,026 sales, up 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£500,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

12 months to August 2025: £490,000
12 months to August 2026: £500,000

▲ up 2% on the 12 months before

Detached£950,000 159 sales

Semi-detached£626,400 462 sales

Terraced£520,000 856 sales

Flat or maisonette£283,000 549 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

11 districts 6,106 postcodes in use 8 places 5 councils

How many postcodes are there in the UK?

How do the IG districts compare?

A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.

Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them

One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.

Places in the IG area

Towns and villages with postcodes in the IG area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.

Redbridge£510,000 Barking and Dagenham£385,000 Loughton£507,500 Buckhurst Hill£663,250 Chigwell£795,000 Waltham Forest£548,316 Chigwell Row£532,500 Newham£425,000 All places A to Z

Councils in the IG area

How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.

Redbridge3,626 postcodes
Epping Forest1,362 postcodes
Barking and Dagenham1,006 postcodes
Waltham Forest108 postcodes
Newham4 postcodes

What council am I in?

Near the IG area

The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.

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