IG3 8SU Redbridge
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Goodmayes. Region: London.
Streets
- High Road, London: 2 addresses
- Goodmayes Avenue, London: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Redbridge in 2026-27: Band D £2,295 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,530 | £1,785 | £2,040 | £2,295 | £2,804 | £3,314 | £3,824 | £4,589 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (43% of about 650 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Telephone Exchange Corner of Kingswood Road and High Road Goodmayes, not permissioned (40 m)
- Telephone Exchange Corner of Kingswood Road and High Road Goodmayes, not permissioned (40 m)
- 706-720 High Road Seven Kings, permissioned (120 m)
- 706-720 High Road Seven Kings, permissioned (120 m)
- 58-64 Goodmayes Road Goodmayes, not permissioned (210 m)
- 58-64 Goodmayes Road Goodmayes, not permissioned (210 m)
- 25-31 Goodmayes Road, permissioned (230 m)
- 7-13 Goodmayes Road Goodmayes, not permissioned (240 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Goodmayes 4.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 240 m |
| Seven Kings 4.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 750 m | |
| Chadwell Heath 4.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Newbury Park Underground Station | 1.6 km |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Kingswood Road Goodmayes | 70 m |
| Ferry terminal | Barking Riverside Pier Creekmouth | 5.6 km |
| Car parks | Seven Kings Park Car Park | 1.0 km |
| EV charging points | 21 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 7.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 36.6 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 20% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 72% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 22% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 25% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 39% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 48% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 11% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on High Road.