Survey of English housing provisional results 2005/06

Survey of English housing provisional results 2005/06 - London DCLG 2006

Key findings -- Trends in tenure -- Types of mortgages - Length of residence -- Recent movers -- Household type -- Household size -- Ethnicity -- Gross income -- Overcrowding -- Economic status -- Number of persons -- Year property built -- Rent after housing benefit -- Private rents -- Attitudes to problems in areas -- Equity release -- Buying aspirations -- Second home

Key provisional findings include: a continuing upward trend in the number of households in England, with a total of 20.8m households in 2006 (70% were owner occupiers, 12% private renters and 18% social renters); almost 2m households had been resident at their current address for less than one year; and the number of English households with homes abroad doubled from 115 000 in 1996-97 to 235 000 in 2005-06.


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