Ealing housing statistics 2026
Ealing grew from a Victorian railway suburb into a borough built out between the wars, and it is still one where just over half of households live in a house. Prices here rose 1.8% in the last year while London's fell, taking the average home to £589,875.
Every figure comes from an official source and is dated, so you can see exactly what you are working with before you plan a home renovation in Ealing. The sources are numbered in brackets and listed in full at the end of the page.
How Ealing was built
Ealing's railway station opened in 1838, but the big growth came later in the century. The population of the old parish, including Old Brentford, was 9,828 in 1851 and 35,648 by 1891. Ealing on its own, separated from Brentford, had 33,031 inhabitants in 1901 and 61,222 by 1911 [1].
Brentham was one of the results. In 1901 six working men combined to buy plots for nine houses in Woodfield Road, and the last of the 700 planned houses there were finished in 1914 and 1915 [1]. Between the world wars, building covered most of the plots that were left and was carried to the edges of the old borough [1].
That interwar boom is still the biggest single layer of Ealing's housing. The Valuation Office Agency counts 151,160 homes in the borough, and 29.7% were built between 1919 and 1939, against 22.0% across London. Another 15.4% date from 1900 to 1918, nearly twice London's 8.2% [2].
Ealing has fewer Victorian homes than London as a whole, 12.5% built before 1900 against 20.8%, but it has kept building: 19.2% of its homes date from 2000 or later, a little above London's 18.5% [2]. The Edwardian and interwar houses that make up 45.1% of the borough are the usual starting point for a loft conversion in Ealing.
How Ealing households live
Ealing is split almost down the middle. The 2021 Census found 50.4% of its 133,659 households living in a house and 49.5% in a flat. Across London the figures are 46.0% and 54.0% [3].
Semi-detached houses are home to 21.9% of Ealing households, against 18.6% for London, and terraced houses to 23.4% [3]. Another 12.7% live in a flat in a converted house, and in those flats a kitchen renovation in Ealing is usually about getting more from the same floor area.
Who owns Ealing's homes
46.3% of Ealing households own their home, 22.7% outright and 23.6% with a mortgage, close to London's 45.2% [4].
Private renting is more common than across London, at 34.0% of households against 30.0%, while social renting is less common, at 17.5% against 23.1% [4].
What a home costs in Ealing
The average Ealing home cost £589,875 in August 2026, 1.8% more than a year earlier [5]. Over the same year London prices fell 2.2%, which puts Ealing about 6% above the London average of £554,430 and at about twice the England average of £293,525 [6].
In August 2006 the average Ealing home cost £283,571, a little above London's £274,815. The biggest jump came between 2013 and 2014, from £371,566 to £452,244. Ealing fell below the London average in 2020 and stayed below it for three years, then passed it again in 2023, and the August 2026 figure is the highest in the 20-year series [6].
Flats, terraces and the gap between them
A flat or maisonette averaged £410,282 in August 2026, unchanged on a year earlier, and a terraced house £718,874, up 3.6%, a gap of £308,592 [5]. Semi-detached homes averaged £894,767 and detached homes £1,423,676.
Ealing flats cost less than the London average of £427,310, but its terraces cost more than London's £648,650 [6]. A semi costs £175,893 more than a terrace, so for a family already in a terrace, a house extension in Ealing adds room without paying for the next rung of the ladder. First-time buyers paid an average of £493,727 in August 2026, while owners moving home paid £748,036 [5].
What it costs to rent
The average private rent in Ealing was £2,126 a month in September 2026, up 3.8% on a year earlier [5]. A one-bedroom home averaged £1,642 a month, a two-bedroom home £2,049 and a home with four or more bedrooms £3,316.
With 34.0% of households renting privately, landlords have every reason to keep homes in good order, and a dated bathroom is often the first thing a bathroom renovation in Ealing puts right between tenancies.
Council Tax bands
Ealing's homes sit in the middle of the Council Tax scale. Band D is the most common band, at 32.5% of homes against 25.5% across London, and bands C and D together cover 57.3% [2].
The extremes are smaller than London's. 13.6% of Ealing homes are in bands A and B, against 16.7% for London, and 12.5% are in bands F to H, against 15.4% [2].
The rules on your street
Ealing has 30 conservation areas, which the council describes as a mix of 19th and early 20th century residential development [7]. Inside them, normal permitted development rights are restricted, which gives the council more control over extensions and alterations [8].
Six conservation areas have extra rules under Article 4: Bedford Park, Brentham Garden Estate, Churchfields (Half Acre Road), Ealing Town Centre (The Grove), Hanger Hill Garden Estate and the Hanger Hill (Haymills) Estate. In most of them, planning permission is needed for all residential extensions and minor alterations, and for porches, exterior painting, fences and walls, vehicle access and hardstandings [8]. Digging down is one of the jobs where these rules matter most, so a basement conversion in Ealing starts with a check of the address.
Ealing Council says most applications are decided within eight weeks, while major applications take 13 to 16 weeks [9]. Our builders in Ealing and planners check what applies to your address before any work begins.
Ealing housing statistics at a glance
- Average house price, August 2026: £589,875 (London £554,430) [5] [6]
- Change on a year earlier: +1.8% (London -2.2%) [5] [6]
- Average flat or maisonette: £410,282 (London £427,310) [5] [6]
- Average terraced house: £718,874 (London £648,650) [5] [6]
- Average private rent, September 2026: £2,126 a month [5]
- Homes built 1919 to 1939: 29.7% (London 22.0%) [2]
- Homes built before 1900: 12.5% (London 20.8%) [2]
- Households living in a house: 50.4% (London 46.0%) [3]
- Households who own their home: 46.3% (London 45.2%) [4]
- Conservation areas: 30 [7]
Frequently asked questions
References
- British History Online, Ealing and Brentford: Growth of Ealing. Victoria County History of Middlesex, volume 7.
- Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties 2026. Properties by build period and by Council Tax band at 31 March 2026, Ealing and London.
- ONS, Census 2021 table TS044: Accommodation type. Households by type of home, Ealing and London.
- ONS, Census 2021 table TS054: Tenure. Households by tenure, Ealing and London.
- ONS, Housing prices in Ealing. UK House Price Index for August 2026 and Price Index of Private Rents for September 2026, published 21 October 2026.
- HM Land Registry, UK House Price Index. Average prices for Ealing, London and England, August 2006 to August 2026.
- Ealing Council, Conservation areas. Number of conservation areas in the borough. Accessed 29 October 2026.
- Ealing Council, About conservation areas. Controls in conservation areas and the six areas with Article 4 restrictions. Accessed 29 October 2026.
- Ealing Council, Assessment and decision. How long planning applications take to decide. Accessed 29 October 2026.
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