Housebuilding completions: by number of bedrooms, England
• Between 2001/02 and 2005/06, the proportion of newly built homes with two bedrooms rose from 25 per cent to 42 per cent in England, replacing homes with four or more bedrooms as the most common new build. (Figure 10.4) Latest information on housing
• The number of owner-occupied dwellings in the UK increased by 48 per cent to 18.4 million between 1981 and 2005, representing nearly three-quarters of total dwelling stock. (Figure 10.5)
• Half of lone-parent households with dependent children in Great Britain rented social sector housing in 2005, compared with one in seven households containing a couple with dependent children. (Table 10.8) Latest information on housing tenure
• In 2005/06, 94,000 households were accepted as homeless by local authorities in England, 22 per cent less than in 2004/05. (Page 135)
• The number of non-decent homes in England fell from 9.1 million to 6.3 million between 1996 and 2004. (Page 136)
• The average price paid by first-time buyers in the UK rose by 204 per cent between 1995 and 2005. Their average incomes increased by 92 per cent. (Figure 10.19)
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