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Ealing motoring statistics

How many cars and electric cars are registered in Ealing, which fuels they use, how many public chargers there are and how Ealing compares with London. From DVLA licensing records, DfT charger statistics and ONS population estimates.

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131,830 licensed vehicles in Ealing
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  • Licensed cars 114,142 −1.7% on a year earlier
  • Private cars per 1,000 people 274 UK 444
  • Battery electric cars 5,314 4.7% of cars (UK 5.8%)
  • Electric share of private cars 3.6% 93rd highest of 361 councils
  • Public chargers 1,017 264 per 100,000 people (UK 175)
  • Company-registered cars 7.5% UK 10.0%

How many cars are there in Ealing?

There were 114,142 licensed cars in Ealing at the end of June 2026, and 131,830 licensed vehicles of all kinds. That is 0.9% more cars than in 2010. Privately kept cars work out at 274 for every 1,000 residents, 21st lowest of 361 councils (UK 444).

Licensed vehicles in Ealing

Counts at the end of March each year, 2010 to 2026.

Licensed cars and vehicles in Ealing at the end of March each year
Year All vehiclesCars
2010 131,517113,113
2011 131,021112,849
2012 130,071112,214
2013 130,144111,949
2014 132,983114,122
2015 135,225115,755
2016 137,056117,687
2017 136,043117,323
2018 135,397116,892
2019 135,300116,878
2020 132,925115,472
2021 134,815116,165
2022 133,916115,099
2023 136,174117,217
2024 133,469115,380
2025 134,314116,115
2026 131,830114,142

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Licensed vehicles by type

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Cars per 1,000 residents

All licensed cars at the end of June, divided by the ONS mid-year population. Company fleets registered locally push this up.

Cars per 1,000 residents at mid-year, Ealing compared
Year EalingLondonUnited Kingdom
2011 333313–
2012 325307–
2013 319303–
2014 322303–
2015 322303473
2016 325304480
2017 324306488
2018 321303490
2019 318301493
2020 314296489
2021 317300493
2022 311295489
2023 309290489
2024 299287490

Source:ONS Mid-2024 Updated

Petrol, diesel and electric cars in Ealing

63.0% of cars in Ealing run on petrol and 15.0% on diesel. Diesel’s share peaked at 34.4% in 2017. Hybrids that do not plug in make up 12.7%, and cars that plug in 9.0%.

Cars by fuel type

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Fuel mix over time

Share of licensed cars at the end of March each year.

Share of licensed cars by fuel type in Ealing, end of March each year
Year PetrolDieselHybridBattery electricPlug-in hybrid
2010 77.7%21.4%0.6%0.0%0.0%
2011 75.3%23.7%0.7%0.0%0.0%
2012 72.8%26.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%
2013 70.4%28.1%1.2%0.0%0.0%
2014 67.7%30.4%1.6%0.0%0.0%
2015 65.2%32.3%2.1%0.1%0.1%
2016 62.8%34.1%2.6%0.1%0.1%
2017 61.8%34.4%3.2%0.2%0.2%
2018 61.3%34.2%3.7%0.2%0.4%
2019 62.2%32.0%4.3%0.3%1.0%
2020 63.0%29.9%5.1%0.5%1.2%
2021 64.2%27.1%5.8%0.9%1.7%
2022 66.0%23.3%6.9%1.4%2.2%
2023 65.3%19.7%8.2%3.7%2.7%
2024 65.5%16.4%9.5%5.4%2.9%
2025 63.9%15.3%10.8%6.1%3.5%
2026 63.0%15.0%12.7%4.7%4.3%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Electric cars in Ealing

5,314 battery electric cars were licensed in Ealing at the end of June 2026, 4.7% of all cars, 74th highest of 361 councils. With plug-in hybrids, 10,219 cars plug in. A year earlier there were 7,077, 1,763 more. DfT notes that big changes like this often happen when a leasing or rental company changes its registered address.

Of the privately kept cars, which are registered at home addresses, 3.6% are battery electric (3,789 cars), 14th lowest of 33 councils in London. Companies keep 28.7% of the area’s battery electric cars, against 7.5% of its cars overall. There are also 490 battery electric vans.

Battery electric share of licensed cars

End of March each year. Fleet re-registrations can move a single area’s line sharply.

Battery electric share of licensed cars, Ealing compared, end of March each year
Year EalingLondonUnited Kingdom
2016 0.1%0.1%0.1%
2017 0.2%0.2%0.1%
2018 0.2%0.3%0.1%
2019 0.3%0.3%0.2%
2020 0.5%0.5%0.4%
2021 0.9%1.1%0.8%
2022 1.4%2.0%1.5%
2023 3.7%3.2%2.3%
2024 5.4%4.5%3.2%
2025 6.1%5.7%4.4%
2026 4.7%7.0%5.8%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Public EV chargers in Ealing

There were 1,017 public chargers in Ealing on 1 July 2026, 94 of them rapid or ultra-rapid (50kW and above). That is 264 for every 100,000 residents, 48th highest of 361 councils, against 175 across the UK. The count fell 0.7% from 1 January 2026.

For every public charger there are 7.6 privately kept plug-in cars in Ealing (UK 12.9), 49th fewest of 361 councils. A higher number means more competition for each public charger, though many drivers charge at home.

Public chargers

Public EV chargers in Ealing by date
Date All public chargers50kW and above
Jan 2026 1,02494
Apr 2026 1,02096
Jul 2026 1,01794

Source:DfT 1 July 2026 Updated

Chargers per 100,000 residents

Public chargers per 100,000 residents, Ealing compared
Area All chargers50kW and above
Ealing 26424
London 34528
England 17341
UK 17542

Source:DfT 1 July 2026 Updated

Electric cars by neighbourhood

Ealing has 41 ONS neighbourhoods (middle layer super output areas, about 7,000 residents each). In the typical one, 3.4% of privately kept vehicles are battery electric; in the highest, 5.9%. ONS names neighbourhoods by council and number, not by place name.

Neighbourhoods in Ealing with the highest battery electric share of privately kept vehicles
Neighbourhood (MSOA) Private vehicles Battery electric Electric share Plug-in share
Ealing 034 2,279 135 5.9% 10.9%
Ealing 041 2,564 151 5.9% 10.5%
Ealing 027 2,470 133 5.4% 9.5%
Ealing 019 2,704 143 5.3% 10.0%
Ealing 013 2,408 121 5.0% 9.0%
Ealing 021 1,882 86 4.6% 9.0%
Ealing 031 2,991 134 4.5% 9.0%
Ealing 011 2,460 109 4.4% 9.0%
Ealing 042 1,368 60 4.4% 7.9%
Ealing 018 3,232 140 4.3% 7.6%
Lowest electric shares
Ealing 043 1,775 18 1.0% 3.7%
Ealing 044 2,780 48 1.7% 5.3%
Ealing 023 2,785 56 2.0% 5.8%
Ealing 026 3,979 97 2.4% 6.1%
Ealing 016 2,963 75 2.5% 5.2%

Privately kept licensed vehicles of all types at the end of June 2026. 1 neighbourhood is left out because DfT withholds small counts there.

Road traffic and collisions in Ealing

Vehicles travelled an estimated 807 million miles on roads in Ealing in 2025.

Traffic on all roads

Million vehicle miles a year on roads in Ealing
Year Million vehicle miles
1993 786
1994 795
1995 786
1996 799
1997 798
1998 800
1999 858
2000 865
2001 870
2002 875
2003 884
2004 873
2005 870
2006 875
2007 843
2008 846
2009 845
2010 828
2011 827
2012 798
2013 843
2014 826
2015 831
2016 835
2017 850
2018 847
2019 851
2020 722
2021 781
2022 803
2023 786
2024 788
2025 807

Source:DfT 1993 to 2025 Updated

Reported injury collisions

Police-reported injury collisions in Ealing, 2021 to 2025
Year CollisionsKilled or seriously injured
2021 911121
2022 890105
2023 870116
2024 763143
2025 753111

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

More road safety figures

Petrol and diesel prices in Ealing

Unleaded petrol averages 172.1p a litre across 20 filling stations in Ealing, 0.6p above the UK average. Diesel averages 199.6p, 0.9p above the UK average. Prices checked 31 Oct, 19:32.

Cheapest petrol

  1. BP Oil UK Viaduct Service Station Southall 166.9p
  2. Asda Park Royal Superstore London 167.7p
  3. Esso MFG Southall Southall 167.9p

Every filling station and price in Ealing

How Ealing compares

Ealing compared with London, England, the UK
Ealing 274 4.7% 3.6% 7.5% 264 7.6
London 264 7.0% 3.9% 9.8% 345 5.8
England 440 6.2% 3.2% 10.7% 173 13.4
United Kingdom4445.8%3.1%10.0%17512.9

Private cars per 1,000 people use the ONS mid-2024 population. Chargers are counted at the latest date; plug-in cars at the end of June 2026.

Driving test centres in Ealing

There are 2 DVSA car practical test centres in Ealing, and the highest pass rate in 2025/26 was 44.8% at Southall (London).

Other centres in London:

DVSA publishes pass rates by centre name, with no address, so centres are placed here by the place name in the name DVSA uses. See pass rates at every test centre.

Councils in London

Sorted by battery electric share of cars. Select a column heading to sort by it.

Councils in London
Westminster 179 57.9% 7.7% 60.4% 1,378 1.8
City of London 79 24.6% 7.8% 50.4% 443 2.4
Hammersmith and Fulham 199 18.7% 5.2% 22.4% 1,380 1.5
Camden 159 9.7% 7.6% 12.6% 378 5.4
Kensington and Chelsea 239 7.4% 6.7% 8.5% 637 4.7
Brent 232 7.3% 4.0% 12.8% 367 5.1
Barnet 322 6.6% 5.4% 7.2% 288 10.1
Islington 132 6.0% 4.7% 11.6% 386 3.1
Richmond upon Thames 359 5.6% 4.7% 5.6% 642 5.0
Harrow 337 5.5% 4.3% 6.2% 120 22.8
Hillingdon 364 5.4% 3.4% 16.7% 121 20.1
Kingston upon Thames 354 5.2% 4.5% 3.9% 242 11.8
Merton 294 5.2% 4.4% 5.7% 436 5.6
Southwark 162 5.2% 4.3% 8.1% 618 2.1
Wandsworth 214 5.2% 4.4% 5.1% 532 3.6
Tower Hamlets 128 5.0% 3.8% 11.0% 776 1.7
Ealing 274 4.7% 3.6% 7.5% 264 7.6
Redbridge 302 4.7% 3.8% 7.2% 198 11.9
Hackney 138 4.6% 3.4% 10.4% 638 1.6
Haringey 214 4.6% 3.7% 8.9% 135 11.1
Bromley 409 4.5% 3.8% 4.4% 67 42.1
Lambeth 176 4.5% 3.8% 6.6% 244 5.4
Barking and Dagenham 264 4.4% 3.1% 8.6% 100 18.5
Croydon 318 4.3% 3.6% 5.5% 153 13.9
Hounslow 301 4.2% 3.2% 6.8% 233 8.9
Sutton 378 4.2% 3.6% 4.2% 118 20.5
Greenwich 239 4.1% 3.5% 6.3% 101 15.5
Havering 388 3.8% 2.9% 6.1% 95 24.0
Newham 168 3.8% 3.0% 9.3% 159 8.5
Enfield 334 3.6% 2.8% 6.9% 137 14.0
Lewisham 233 3.6% 3.1% 5.6% 133 10.5
Waltham Forest 251 3.6% 2.8% 7.6% 663 2.2
Bexley 382 3.5% 3.0% 6.3% 269 7.9

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Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Licensed vehicles Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 131,830 licensed vehicles in Ealing 26 October 2026
Plug-in and electric vehicles Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 11,195 plug-in vehicles 26 October 2026
Public chargers Electric vehicle public charging infrastructure statistics Department for Transport 1 July 2026 121,171 public chargers (UK) 26 October 2026
Population Mid-year population estimates Office for National Statistics Mid-2024 404 areas 26 October 2026
Neighbourhoods Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 35,672 small areas (LSOAs) in England and Wales 26 October 2026
  • Coverage: licensing and charger figures cover the whole UK. Licensing figures in Ealing run from the end of 2009.
  • Vehicles are counted at the registered keeper’s postcode: for company cars that is the company’s address, not where the car is driven.
  • Battery electric and plug-in counts come from table VEH0142; petrol, diesel and hybrid counts from VEH0105. “Other fuels” is VEH0105’s other-fuel count less plug-in cars.
  • Charger counts are based on Zapmap data and are official statistics in development. In June 2026 one operator removed about 1,270 private chargers wrongly listed as public, so April and July are not strictly comparable.
  • Neighbourhood figures cover England and Wales only; Scottish data zones and Northern Irish super data zones cannot be placed in councils without lookups we do not hold.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.