Overcrowded housing in England from 2005 to 2023, by tenure

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 29, 2024

The percentage of housing in England that was deemed overcrowded between 2005 and 2023 varied depending on the tenure. Social renters were most likely to occupy an overcrowded home, with 8.2 percent of homes falling in this category in 2023. Meanwhile, for owner-occupied housing, this share stood at 0.9 percent. In 2023, there were around 24 dwellings in England.

Share of homes in England that are overcrowded from 2005 to 2023, by tenure

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Release date

December 2023

Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

April 2022 to March 2023

Number of respondents

11,205 respondents

Special properties

The survey included 9,752 interviews and 5,284 physical surveys.

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Overcrowding is defined by the UK government as the following 'Section 325 of the Housing Act 1985 provides that there is overcrowding wherever there are so many people in a house that any two or more of those persons, being ten or more years old, and of opposite sexes, not being persons living together as husband and wife, have to sleep in the same room.'
Note: data are based on three year averages, which are the average of the three years up to and including the labelled date
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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