Living in Britain 2001

4 HOUSING AND CONSUMER DURABLES

CHARACTERISTICS OF TENURE GROUPS

Private renters

Private renter households were more likely to live in converted flats, maisonettes or rooms than any other tenure group (19% compared with 3% of social sector tenants and 2% of owner occupiers).
A higher proportion of private renters lived in accommodation built before 1919; 45% compared with 7% of social sector tenants and 23% of owner occupiers.
Over a quarter of private renter households (27%) consisted of one adult aged 16-59. This was higher than among either social sector tenants (17%) or owner occupiers (13%).
The household reference person in private renter households tended to be younger than those in other tenure households; 36% were aged less than 30 compared with 7% of household reference persons in owner occupied households and 13% in social renter households

The average household income of private renters in 2001 was £398 gross per week.

Tables and Figures (for more details click on the links below)

Table 4.4
(a) Type of accommodation by tenure (b) Tenure by type of accommodation

Table 4.5
Age of building by tenure

Table 4.6
(a) Household type by tenure (b) Tenure by household type

Table 4.9
Usual gross weekly income by tenure

Table 4.10
(a) Age of household reference person by tenure (b) Tenure by age of household reference person

Table 4.11
Tenure by sex and marital status of household reference person

Table 4.13
(a) Length of residence of household reference person by tenure (b) Tenure by length of residence of household reference person

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