Statistics providing national and sub-national estimates of household numbers and projections for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and for the English Regions. Projections for England are also available by household type and by age, gender and marital status of the householder.
Publications
A survey of the design quality, as measured by CABE Building For Life criteria, of affordable housing in England, commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency.
Public attitudes towards housing issues.
Data submitted by Administering Authorities for the four quarters has been validated and used to derive nationals baseline figures for DSO indicators 2.10 and 2.11 (Supporting People).
The Bulletin provides summary information as well as some trend data from previous years. It includes information on - smoking, household composition, debt, internet access, health, sport and leisure, environmental issues, mobile phones and job applications.
Data on council house sales.
Headline findings about living conditions.
Description of the technical aspects of the Family Resources Survey including the background and history of the survey, the sample design, changes to questionnaire items since the previous year, survey procedures and data delivery.
Information collected from the Family Resources Survey.
An inter-departmental multi-purpose continuous survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics collecting information on a range of topics from people living in private households in Great Britain.
Data on the affordable housing supply in England.
Presents data on the number of homeless in Wales.
House building starts and completions statistics by tenure .
Mix-adjusted house prices, a chain linked index and measures of annual inflation.
Household estimates by local authority area, including information on household type and numbers of vacant dwellings.
Household projections provide estimates of the future numbers of households and are based on population projections and assumptions about household composition and characteristics.
Provides information on potential living standards, as determined by disposable income.
Presents data on dwellings demolished and hazards found.
This Statstical Release presents information on dwelling demolihed or closed in Wales
This Statistical Release provides information about the way housing stock in Wales is managed and how this impacts on their tenants.
Provides an estimate of the number of households in England.
Routine update of housing statistics web tables and summary of key trends.
Routine update of housing statistics web tables to March 2009, plus summary of key trends
Presents the results from the Survey of English Housing.
Presents key facts about Welsh Housing.
Information on the housing stock in England.
Housing data on tenure, owner occupation and the social rented sector; principle source of information about the private sector.
The data tables on Internet Access show information about both households with home access to the Internet and individuals' use of the Internet.
Social Housing Statistics
Monthly statistics submitted to CLG by local authorities on the Mortgage Rescue Scheme
The quarterly releases present statistics on possession actions issued in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords in England and Wales. Note that the figures represent court actions for possession and not actual homes repossessed, as not all possession orders are enforced.
Net additional dwellings.
This Statistical Release present information on new house building for all tenures and sales of social housing in Wales.
Provides statistics on the number of new dwellings started and completed in Wales.
Statistics on housing compiled by Department for Social Development Housing Division and Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
Information on new house sales and prices, actions for mortgage possessions, and new housing starts.
Applications, numbers in temporary accommodation, and snapshot of characteristics of applicants and local authority responses.
Provides statistics on Private Sector Renewal Activity funded by local authorities in Wales.
Household projections and estimates.
Indicate the number of additional households that would form if demographic trends continued.
Provides access to a wide range of information in different areas of the UK
Regional Trends is a comprehensive regular source of official statistics for the Statistical Regions of the UK (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Government Office Regions within England). It includes a wide range of demographic, social, industrial and economic statistics, covering aspects of life in the regions.
Regional Trends Online Tables is a comprehensive regular source of official statistics for the Statistical Regions of the UK (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Government Office Regions within England). It includes a wide range of demographic, social, industrial, and economic statistics, covering aspects of life in the regions.
Provides statistics on the number of statutory sales of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) dwellings completed in Wales.
Presents summary stock holding figures for all Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) in Wales.
Presents information on the average weekly rents for wholly rented local authority and Registered Social Landlord (RSL) dwellings.
Presents statistics on the number of right to buy sales of local authority dwellings completed in Wales.
This survey looks at the physical condition of Scotland's homes as well as the experiences of householders.
This survey is designed to provide accurate, up-to-date information about the characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of Scottish households and individuals on a range of issues.
Total social housing sales in England, including Right to Buy, Right to Acquire & Social HomeBuy.
Presents information about possession orders and eviction warrants obtained against tenants of social landlords (local authorities and registered social landlords) in Wales.
Social lettings information recorded on CORE (Continuous Recording of Lettings) in 2007/08 adjusted for missing local authority landlord data.
Social lettings information recorded on CORE (Continuous Recording of Lettings) in 2007/08 adjusted for missing local authority landlord data.
Data on households found to be homeless.
Supporting People Quarterly Client Records and Outcomes
Looks at data from the Family Resources Survey classified by urban/rural regions.
Data on vacant Local Authority dwellings.
Data on vacant dwellings.
Overview
A household is defined as a person living alone or a group of people living together at the same address and with common housekeeping.
Statistics are produced to measure not only numbers of households and their composition, but also the proportion of people in households by household type, for example the number of people living alone. In Great Britain the proportion of people living alone has roughly doubled since 1971. There has been a similar increase in one family lone parent households. The largest decrease is for one family couple households with dependent children.
Household projections indicate what might happen if past demographic changes were to continue into the future. The total number of households in Great Britain is projected to rise to around 28 million by 2016, and almost 29 million by 2021.
Technical Data
Statistical data on households and their members are derived from two main sources: the Census and several continuous government household surveys.
Every decade, the Census provides a detailed breakdown (for county, borough, local authority and ward level) of the number of households in the UK by household type, by housing tenure and by age and ethnicity of the main householder. In between censuses, reliable and regular household estimates can only be determined down to regional level – from surveys such as the Labour Force Survey.
Household estimates and projections for the constituent countries of the UK are derived in different ways. In England, household projections are published by the Department for Communities and Local Government using the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) Sub-National Population Projections. The projections are trend-based and indicate the number of additional households that might be expected if recent demographic trends were to continue.
Projections for Wales are produced by the Welsh Assembly Government; for Scotland by the General Register Office for Scotland; and for Northern Ireland by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency.
The main government household surveys are the Labour Force Survey (LFS), the General Household Survey (GHS), the Family Resources Survey (FRS) and the new English Housing Survey (EHS). Each of these surveys has its own unique focus.
Data from the LFS provides a large sample of all people in households and gives UK-wide coverage of all major family types. The LFS has provided full and comprehensive family data since 1996 when its relationship matrix was introduced.
The GHS is a survey of households in Great Britain and was first carried out in 1971. It provides household and family data over a longer period of time than the LFS; linked to a range of other questions on household activities and expenditure.
The FRS, launched in 1992, is a survey commissioned by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to meet the specific information needs of DWP. With a target number of about 24,000 fully co-operating households per annum, comprehensive information can be derived from the FRS to provide statistical estimates of benefit uptake and financial status of specific groups, often at regional level.
The EHS is a new survey of households in England run by Communities and Local Government (CLG). It started in April 2008 and represents a merger of two surveys: the Survey of English Housing (SEH) and the English House Condition Survey (EHCS). About 17,000 household interviews are to be targeted each year.
In 2008, ONS launched a new Integrated Household Survey which, when fully operational, will see the LFS, GHS and EHS (and others) operating as modules within the IHS umbrella. This project should result in more robust and reliable annual estimates of household characteristics at sub-regional level in between censuses.
Glossary
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Dependent child
Defined in the census, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the General Household Survey (GHS), as a child living with their parent or parents, who is under 16 years old or aged 16 to 18 in full-time education. It does not include any children who have a spouse, partner or child living in the household.
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Family
A married or cohabiting couple with or without children or a lone parent. Children may be dependent or non-dependent. In the General Household Survey (GHS) and Census, cohabiting couple families include same-sex couples. A family can also consist of a grandparent or grandparents with a grandchild or grandchildren if the parents of the child or children do not usually live in the household. In the 2001 Census, less than 1 per cent of all families were a grandparent family.
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Household
A person living alone or a group of people living at the same address as their only (or main) residence and who share meals and/or living accommodation. The 2001 Census, for instance, defined a household as those who either share one meal a day or share the living accommodation. Although definitions differ slightly across surveys and the census, they are very similar. Households do not include people living in communal (or institutional) establishments.
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Household head
The old-fashioned definition of ’head of household’ was replaced in 2001/2 with the concept of ‘household reference person’ (or HRP). The HRP is the householder – either the owner or tenant. If there are joint owners or joint tenants, whichever of them has the highest income is selected; and if incomes are equal, the oldest person is chosen.
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Lone parent family
2001 Census definition: a father or mother living with his or her child or children, provided the child does not have a spouse, partner or a child of their own in the household. A lone parent family can also be a grandparent with a grandchild or grandchildren, provided the child or children have no parents living in the household. LFS definition: a lone parent living with his or her never-married child or children, provided the child has no child of their own living with them. GHS definition: one parent, regardless of sex, living with his or her never-married dependent child or children, provided the child has no children of their own in the household.
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Non-dependent children
Children aged 16 and over living with their parent or parents who have no spouse, partner or child living in the household. The definition does not include those aged 16 to 18 in full-time education, who are dependent children.
Contact Details
For statistical enquiries about this topic, please contact:
David Wall
Email: david.wall@communities.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7944 3301
Communities & Local Government 2/A2 Eland House Bressenden Street London SW1E 5DU
