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Ealing

Ealing is a London borough. All 24 figures Groundsense publishes are available here. Figures fetched 3 October 2026.

Ealing's GP lists run at 2,801 patients per GP, longer than at 95% of councils in England. 92.5% of its practices are rated Good or Outstanding, the 7th lowest share in London. Pupils at sixteen average an Attainment 8 score of 52.5, higher than 92% of councils in England. Pubs, bars and clubs are down 10% since 2021, to 2.3 per 10,000 residents. Recorded crime, 80.3 per 1,000 residents, is lower than at every neighbour but Harrow.

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Open Ealing on the map

Each line runs from the council with the lowest figure to the one with the highest. The dot is Ealing and the tick is the council in the middle.

Cost of living

Council tax, band D£2,139

Lower than 94% of the 296 councils in England it is published for.

MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Table 9 · 2026-27 · How this is measured

Housing

Average house price, all homes£576k

Higher than 95% of the 360 councils in the UK it is published for.

Down 2.7% since June 2025

UK House Price Index · June 2026 · How this is measured

Average monthly rent, two bedrooms£2,033

Higher than 96% of the 316 councils in England and Wales it is published for.

Up 3.1% since August 2025

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · August 2026 · How this is measured

Price to local earnings14.1

Higher than 98% of the 348 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for.

7th highest of the 32 councils in London.

UK House Price Index average price (June 2026) over ASHE median gross annual pay, full time workers (2025) · June 2026 prices, 2025 pay · How this is measured

Energy efficiency score of the typical home70

Higher than 65% of the 318 councils in England and Wales it is published for.

ONS, Energy efficiency of housing, median score by local authority, from MHCLG certificates · to March 2025 · How this is measured

Transport

Households with no car or van36.8%

Higher than 93% of the 329 councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is published for.

Census 2021: ONS TS045 for England and Wales, NISRA for Northern Ireland · 2021 · How this is measured

Residents within 1km of a train, Underground or tram station77%

Higher than 93% of the 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for.

DfT NaPTAN active stations, read at every census area · October 2026 · How this is measured

Amenities

Residents within 1km of a supermarket95.6%

Higher than 90% of the 358 councils in the UK it is published for.

Food Standards Agency register of food businesses, read at every census area · October 2026 · How this is measured

Residents within 1km of a pharmacy99.7%

Higher than 95% of the 318 councils in England and Wales it is published for.

NHS organisation register, dispensing contractors, read at every census area · October 2026 · How this is measured

Premises with full fibre available70.4%

Lower than 70% of the 359 councils in the UK it is published for.

Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, fixed broadband residential coverage by local authority · July 2025 · How this is measured

Education

Eleven year olds at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths69%

Higher than 86% of the 296 councils in England it is published for.

Down 3 points since 2018/19

DfE, Key stage 2 attainment by pupil residency · 2025/26 · How this is measured

Attainment 8 at sixteen, average score52.5

Higher than 92% of the 296 councils in England it is published for.

DfE, Key stage 4 performance, local authority district data by pupil residency · 2024/25 · How this is measured

Health

Patients per fully qualified GP2,801

Higher than 95% of the 296 councils in England it is published for.

6th highest of the 33 councils in London.

NHS England, General Practice Workforce, practice level, August 2026 · August 2026 · How this is measured

GP practices rated Good or Outstanding92.5%

Lower than 88% of the 293 councils in England it is published for.

7th lowest of the 32 councils in London.

CQC Syndication API, GP practices (inspection category P2) · October 2026 · How this is measured

Safety

Recorded crime per 1,000 residents80.3

Higher than 64% of the 305 councils in England and Wales it is published for.

Home Office recorded crime by community safety partnership, over ONS population estimates for June 2025 · 2025-26 · How this is measured

Residential burglary per 1,000 households9.2

Higher than 90% of the 305 councils in England and Wales it is published for.

Home Office recorded crime by community safety partnership, over Census 2021 household counts · 2025-26 · How this is measured

Killed or seriously injured on the roads, per 100,000 residents a year32.4

Lower than 79% of the 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for.

DfT RAS0403, adjusted casualties by highway authority, 2023 to 2025, over ONS population estimates for June 2025 · 2023 to 2025 · How this is measured

Community

Residents at the same address a year earlier87.9%

Lower than 82% of the 318 councils in England and Wales it is published for.

ONS Census 2021, TS019 Migrant indicator · 2021 · How this is measured

Pubs, bars and licensed clubs per 10,000 residents2.3

Lower than 97% of the 361 councils in the UK it is published for.

Joint 6th lowest of the 33 councils in London.

Down 10% since 2021

ONS UK Business Counts, SIC 56301 and 56302, over ONS population estimates for June 2025 · 2026 · How this is measured

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction, mean out of 107.3

Lower than 82% of the 347 councils in the UK it is published for.

ONS, personal wellbeing estimates by local authority · 2022-23 · How this is measured

Anxiety, mean out of 103.6

Higher than 91% of the 347 councils in the UK it is published for.

8th highest of the 32 councils in London.

ONS, personal wellbeing estimates by local authority · 2022-23 · How this is measured

Healthy life expectancy at birth, women62.8 yrs

Higher than 63% of the 359 councils in the UK it is published for.

Up 0.9 years since 2011 to 2013

ONS, Healthy life expectancy, UK · 2022 to 2024 · How this is measured

Environment

Park and public garden space within 1km of the average home35.8 ha

Higher than 66% of the 343 councils in England, Scotland and Wales it is published for.

8th lowest of the 33 councils in London.

ONS, Access to public parks and playing fields, from OS Open Greenspace · April 2020 · How this is measured

Nitrogen dioxide where people live, annual mean17.5 µg/m³

Higher than 95% of the 361 councils in the UK it is published for.

Down 31.1% since 2019

Defra Pollution Climate Mapping, background NO2 on the 1km grid, read at every census area · 2024 · How this is measured

Next door, side by side

Ealing shares a boundary with Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow. Lowest first.

Average monthly rent, two bedrooms
  1. Hillingdon£1,586
  2. Harrow£1,715
  3. Brent£1,934
  4. Hounslow£1,947
  5. Ealing£2,033
  6. Hammersmith and Fulham£2,622
Average house price, all homes
  1. Hillingdon£475k
  2. Hounslow£513k
  3. Harrow£524k
  4. Brent£544k
  5. Ealing£576k
  6. Hammersmith and Fulham£726k
Council tax, band D
  1. Hammersmith and Fulham£1,520
  2. Hillingdon£2,045
  3. Ealing£2,139
  4. Hounslow£2,186
  5. Brent£2,235
  6. Harrow£2,511
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents
  1. Harrow59.1
  2. Ealing80.3
  3. Hounslow87.4
  4. Brent89.5
  5. Hillingdon92.3
  6. Hammersmith and Fulham106.2
Patients per fully qualified GP
  1. Harrow2,259
  2. Hounslow2,525
  3. Hillingdon2,688
  4. Ealing2,801
  5. Hammersmith and Fulham2,842
  6. Brent3,341
Eleven year olds at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
  1. Brent65%
  2. Hillingdon66%
  3. Ealing69%
  4. Hounslow69%
  5. Harrow70%
  6. Hammersmith and Fulham79%
Nitrogen dioxide where people live, annual mean
  1. Harrow14 µg/m³
  2. Hillingdon15.1 µg/m³
  3. Ealing17.5 µg/m³
  4. Brent17.9 µg/m³
  5. Hounslow18.1 µg/m³
  6. Hammersmith and Fulham20.4 µg/m³
Residents within 1km of a train, Underground or tram station
  1. Hillingdon47.5%
  2. Hounslow69.1%
  3. Ealing77%
  4. Harrow78.2%
  5. Brent88.3%
  6. Hammersmith and Fulham94.7%

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