Housing & Property
Housing Stock & Conditions
Understand how homes are owned, rented and occupied, using detailed Census 2021 housing measures.
England | Census 2021
Housing tenure
Households grouped by their ownership or rental arrangement.
Owned outright7,624,693
Owned with mortgage or loan6,744,372
Social rented4,005,663
Private rented4,794,889
Shared ownership235,951
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England | Census 2021
Dwelling type
The physical type of accommodation occupied by households.
Detached5,368,859
Semi-detached7,378,304
Terraced5,381,432
Flat, maisonette or apartment5,207,596
Mobile or temporary structure99,894
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England | Census 2021
Number of bedrooms
Household accommodation grouped by available bedrooms.
1 bedroom2,723,171
2 bedrooms6,394,723
3 bedrooms9,373,469
4 or more bedrooms4,944,722
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England | Census 2021
Bedroom occupancy rating
A negative occupancy rating indicates fewer bedrooms than the household requires under the Census standard.
Two or more spare bedrooms8,341,234
One spare bedroom7,791,513
Bedrooms match need6,278,647
One bedroom fewer than required854,416
Two or more bedrooms fewer170,275
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England | Census 2021
Occupied household spaces
The topic-summary API provides occupied households. Vacant dwelling measures require a separate dwelling-stock source and are not inferred from this count.
Households23,436,084
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