"Housing provides the base from which people live their lives, connecting them to work, education, services and their communities. The affordability of housing, alongside the stability, quality and size of homes, is crucial in itself, but also, if unaffordable, can drag occupants into poverty... At worst, households facing unaffordable housing costs can experience destitution, homelessness or rough sleeping." — JRF poverty report 2023.

This is the Housing spotlight page for City.

Key indicators

The following analysis reflects the experience across the population of City.

Housing tenure mix

Long-term housing tenure data is only currently available at Local Authority level.

Shorter-term housing tenure data is only currently available at Local Authority level.

Local Housing Allowance shortfall

What's on this chart?

LHA used to be benchmarked to the the 30th percentile of rental prices but has been frozen in cash terms since April 2020. As a result LHA now lags the rental prices in some areas.

LHA shortfall data is currently only available at Local Authority Level.

Median house prices

What's on this chart?

This chart shows median house prices over time in City.

Dataset

House Prices
City
Year1017776000000121777600000014177760000001617776000000817776000000Median House Prices (£)0150k150k200k250k300k350k50kCity 1995-12-01: 30000City 1996-03-01: 31000City 1996-06-01: 33000City 1996-09-01: 34000City 1996-12-01: 34000City 1997-03-01: 34000City 1997-06-01: 34000City 1997-09-01: 34000City 1997-12-01: 34300City 1998-03-01: 34650City 1998-06-01: 34500City 1998-09-01: 34250City 1998-12-01: 33417City 1999-03-01: 33700City 1999-06-01: 32750City 1999-09-01: 32095City 1999-12-01: 33250City 2000-03-01: 32500City 2000-06-01: 34000City 2000-09-01: 34000City 2000-12-01: 32000City 2001-03-01: 32000City 2001-06-01: 32000City 2001-09-01: 34000City 2001-12-01: 35000City 2002-03-01: 38250City 2002-06-01: 40000City 2002-09-01: 44750City 2002-12-01: 43200City 2003-03-01: 39500City 2003-06-01: 38997.5City 2003-09-01: 52000City 2003-12-01: 55000City 2004-03-01: 59997City 2004-06-01: 64000City 2004-09-01: 70000City 2004-12-01: 70000City 2005-03-01: 78000City 2005-06-01: 87384.5City 2005-09-01: 92425City 2005-12-01: 94021City 2006-03-01: 96000City 2006-06-01: 99850City 2006-09-01: 105000City 2006-12-01: 106000City 2007-03-01: 105365City 2007-06-01: 110000City 2007-09-01: 115000City 2007-12-01: 120000City 2008-03-01: 119975City 2008-06-01: 112350City 2008-09-01: 104152.5City 2008-12-01: 98100City 2009-03-01: 99000City 2009-06-01: 99760City 2009-09-01: 99760City 2009-12-01: 90000City 2010-03-01: 90000City 2010-06-01: 90000City 2010-09-01: 90000City 2010-12-01: 84000City 2011-03-01: 80000City 2011-06-01: 80000City 2011-09-01: 75000City 2011-12-01: 71250City 2012-03-01: 70200City 2012-06-01: 70200City 2012-09-01: 71000City 2012-12-01: 65000City 2013-03-01: 60000City 2013-06-01: 60000City 2013-09-01: 60000City 2013-12-01: 60000City 2014-03-01: 60000City 2014-06-01: 40000City 2014-09-01: 40000City 2014-12-01: 44000City 2015-03-01: 44000City 2015-06-01: 51000City 2015-09-01: 55000City 2015-12-01: 62500City 2016-03-01: 69872.5City 2016-06-01: 70500City 2016-09-01: 62500City 2016-12-01: 60000City 2017-03-01: 58000City 2017-06-01: 55113.5City 2017-09-01: 67250City 2017-12-01: 65000City 2018-03-01: 65000City 2018-06-01: 65000City 2018-09-01: 65000City 2018-12-01: 71000City 2019-03-01: 71000City 2019-06-01: 71000City 2019-09-01: 70623City 2019-12-01: 68343City 2020-03-01: 59250City 2020-06-01: 55995City 2020-09-01: 50000City 2020-12-01: 50000City 2021-03-01: 50000City 2021-06-01: 59995City 2021-09-01: 59995City 2021-12-01: 59995City 2022-03-01: 59995City 2022-06-01: 62875City 2022-09-01: 68000City 2022-12-01: 77500City 2023-03-01: 79000

Current median rental prices by type of property

What's on this chart?

This chart shows current median rental prices by type of property in City.

Dataset

No data available at this level.

Tenure type and poverty rates

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by type of tenure in City, both before and after housing costs. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by type of tenure

No data available at this level.

Poverty rates by tenure type (AHC)

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by type of tenure in City. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by type of tenure

Things to add: Current and historic tenure mix - drawing on census data - Social housing sales - RTB - completions of new homes relative to existing stock

No data available at this level.

Lower quartile rent to lower quartile earnings ratio

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the ratio of lower quartile rent for a 2 bedroom property to lower quartile earnings across different areas in City. A higher value means the average person spends a larger proportion of their earnings on rent.

Dataset

Demographic breakdown

People living in households below average income by age category

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the the poverty rates by by age category in City. The threshold for low income poverty is households below 60% of median net household income (after housing costs) in latest prices.

Dataset

HBAI by age category

No data available at this level.

Council tax support

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the number of people claiming council tax support in City.

Dataset

Council Tax Support

No data available at this level.