"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 Byker.

Key indicators

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

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 Byker.

Dataset

House Prices
Byker
Year1017776000000121777600000014177760000001617776000000817776000000Median House Prices (£)0150k150k200k250k300k350k50kByker 1995-12-01: 32000Byker 1996-03-01: 32475Byker 1996-06-01: 39000Byker 1996-09-01: 39000Byker 1996-12-01: 43000Byker 1997-03-01: 42000Byker 1997-06-01: 39000Byker 1997-09-01: 41250Byker 1997-12-01: 39500Byker 1998-03-01: 30000Byker 1998-06-01: 27750Byker 1998-09-01: 30000Byker 1998-12-01: 35000Byker 1999-03-01: 41650Byker 1999-06-01: 46250Byker 1999-09-01: 45500Byker 1999-12-01: 43125Byker 2000-03-01: 34475Byker 2000-06-01: 33000Byker 2000-09-01: 30000Byker 2000-12-01: 29250Byker 2001-03-01: 30000Byker 2001-06-01: 30000Byker 2001-09-01: 29995Byker 2001-12-01: 30000Byker 2002-03-01: 30000Byker 2002-06-01: 31000Byker 2002-09-01: 31750Byker 2002-12-01: 32000Byker 2003-03-01: 34500Byker 2003-06-01: 35000Byker 2003-09-01: 38950Byker 2003-12-01: 41950Byker 2004-03-01: 45000Byker 2004-06-01: 46500Byker 2004-09-01: 55575Byker 2004-12-01: 58500Byker 2005-03-01: 59500Byker 2005-06-01: 59225Byker 2005-09-01: 59725Byker 2005-12-01: 61000Byker 2006-03-01: 63500Byker 2006-06-01: 66250Byker 2006-09-01: 75000Byker 2006-12-01: 93000Byker 2007-03-01: 115000Byker 2007-06-01: 121000Byker 2007-09-01: 113050Byker 2007-12-01: 105000Byker 2008-03-01: 88000Byker 2008-06-01: 90000Byker 2008-09-01: 90000Byker 2008-12-01: 89500Byker 2009-03-01: 90000Byker 2009-06-01: 83000Byker 2009-09-01: 80000Byker 2009-12-01: 75000Byker 2010-03-01: 83000Byker 2010-06-01: 79000Byker 2010-09-01: 78000Byker 2010-12-01: 75000Byker 2011-03-01: 70000Byker 2011-06-01: 74750Byker 2011-09-01: 69000Byker 2011-12-01: 75000Byker 2012-03-01: 74000Byker 2012-06-01: 65000Byker 2012-09-01: 64000Byker 2012-12-01: 64000Byker 2013-03-01: 59925Byker 2013-06-01: 66000Byker 2013-09-01: 72500Byker 2013-12-01: 80000Byker 2014-03-01: 85000Byker 2014-06-01: 79950Byker 2014-09-01: 79975Byker 2014-12-01: 75250Byker 2015-03-01: 74500Byker 2015-06-01: 95475Byker 2015-09-01: 119000Byker 2015-12-01: 131997.5Byker 2016-03-01: 133995Byker 2016-06-01: 133995Byker 2016-09-01: 125997.5Byker 2016-12-01: 114995Byker 2017-03-01: 114995Byker 2017-06-01: 111997.5Byker 2017-09-01: 118495Byker 2017-12-01: 116995Byker 2018-03-01: 110000Byker 2018-06-01: 110000Byker 2018-09-01: 83000Byker 2018-12-01: 88500Byker 2019-03-01: 92475Byker 2019-06-01: 111625Byker 2019-09-01: 115750Byker 2019-12-01: 107500Byker 2020-03-01: 110500Byker 2020-06-01: 115500Byker 2020-09-01: 130000Byker 2020-12-01: 121000Byker 2021-03-01: 124500Byker 2021-06-01: 115000Byker 2021-09-01: 113750Byker 2021-12-01: 110000Byker 2022-03-01: 106025Byker 2022-06-01: 110000Byker 2022-09-01: 117000Byker 2022-12-01: 112000Byker 2023-03-01: 116000

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 Byker.

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 Byker, 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 Byker. 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 Byker. 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 Byker. 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 Byker.

Dataset

Council Tax Support

No data available at this level.