"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: 30000City 1996-06-01: 29500City 1996-09-01: 29250City 1996-12-01: 29950City 1997-03-01: 29750City 1997-06-01: 31225City 1997-09-01: 31000City 1997-12-01: 29950City 1998-03-01: 29950City 1998-06-01: 30000City 1998-09-01: 31000City 1998-12-01: 31750City 1999-03-01: 32500City 1999-06-01: 36000City 1999-09-01: 37450City 1999-12-01: 40000City 2000-03-01: 52000City 2000-06-01: 58247.5City 2000-09-01: 59950City 2000-12-01: 57437.5City 2001-03-01: 54857City 2001-06-01: 64747.5City 2001-09-01: 84995City 2001-12-01: 86995City 2002-03-01: 85995City 2002-06-01: 88995City 2002-09-01: 88999City 2002-12-01: 99950City 2003-03-01: 105000City 2003-06-01: 105000City 2003-09-01: 108950City 2003-12-01: 109250City 2004-03-01: 108000City 2004-06-01: 109000City 2004-09-01: 110000City 2004-12-01: 110000City 2005-03-01: 103000City 2005-06-01: 107000City 2005-09-01: 108250City 2005-12-01: 109000City 2006-03-01: 117500City 2006-06-01: 119997.5City 2006-09-01: 126750City 2006-12-01: 127000City 2007-03-01: 125740City 2007-06-01: 124950City 2007-09-01: 118000City 2007-12-01: 117625City 2008-03-01: 117625City 2008-06-01: 117787City 2008-09-01: 119975City 2008-12-01: 118500City 2009-03-01: 120000City 2009-06-01: 116550City 2009-09-01: 116000City 2009-12-01: 115000City 2010-03-01: 110475City 2010-06-01: 111000City 2010-09-01: 114800City 2010-12-01: 118000City 2011-03-01: 125307City 2011-06-01: 130000City 2011-09-01: 124250City 2011-12-01: 119950City 2012-03-01: 113500City 2012-06-01: 106000City 2012-09-01: 101625City 2012-12-01: 101000City 2013-03-01: 97500City 2013-06-01: 99000City 2013-09-01: 100000City 2013-12-01: 104000City 2014-03-01: 110250City 2014-06-01: 116000City 2014-09-01: 116375City 2014-12-01: 119500City 2015-03-01: 120000City 2015-06-01: 120000City 2015-09-01: 114975City 2015-12-01: 110000City 2016-03-01: 110000City 2016-06-01: 112500City 2016-09-01: 118000City 2016-12-01: 120000City 2017-03-01: 122500City 2017-06-01: 122500City 2017-09-01: 122750City 2017-12-01: 120000City 2018-03-01: 118000City 2018-06-01: 120000City 2018-09-01: 117500City 2018-12-01: 118000City 2019-03-01: 119975City 2019-06-01: 106000City 2019-09-01: 101500City 2019-12-01: 103500City 2020-03-01: 105703.5City 2020-06-01: 125000City 2020-09-01: 132500City 2020-12-01: 119250City 2021-03-01: 115600City 2021-06-01: 118750City 2021-09-01: 120000City 2021-12-01: 125000City 2022-03-01: 130000City 2022-06-01: 130600City 2022-09-01: 130200City 2022-12-01: 135000City 2023-03-01: 135000

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.