Who rent privately using the English Housing Survey
Liz Smy from the UK Data Service explores the UK private rental market through researchers’ analysis of data in the English Housing Survey.
Housing is a topic of national interest. The housing nigeria rcs data market has changed dramatically over the last 10-20 years, especially in the private rented sector. The English Housing Survey is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
It collects information about people’s housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. English Housing Survey data has been used by many researchers to explore housing in England, and in more detail the private rental market.
Trends
In 2015-16, of the estimated 22.8 million households in England, 14.3 million or 63% were owner occupiers.
The social rented sector accounted for 3.9 million or 17% of households.
The private rented sector accounted for 4.5 million or 20% of households. It is this sector where there has been a large increase in the last 10 years.
In 2005-06 there were only 2.4 million or 12% households renting privately. In 2011-12 it became more common to rent privately then to live in the social rented sector. This change in tenure has led to lots of research into the private rental sector, looking at the demographics of these new private renters and the characteristics of the households.