"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 Lancashire.

Key indicators

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

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 Lancashire.

Dataset

House Prices
Lancashire
Year1017776000000121777600000014177760000001617776000000817776000000Median House Prices (£)0150k150k200k250k300k350k50kLancashire 1995-12-01: 45000Lancashire 1996-03-01: 45000Lancashire 1996-06-01: 45000Lancashire 1996-09-01: 45000Lancashire 1996-12-01: 46000Lancashire 1997-03-01: 47000Lancashire 1997-06-01: 47995Lancashire 1997-09-01: 48500Lancashire 1997-12-01: 49000Lancashire 1998-03-01: 49500Lancashire 1998-06-01: 49950Lancashire 1998-09-01: 50000Lancashire 1998-12-01: 50000Lancashire 1999-03-01: 51000Lancashire 1999-06-01: 51500Lancashire 1999-09-01: 52000Lancashire 1999-12-01: 53495Lancashire 2000-03-01: 54000Lancashire 2000-06-01: 54950Lancashire 2000-09-01: 55000Lancashire 2000-12-01: 55000Lancashire 2001-03-01: 55000Lancashire 2001-06-01: 56000Lancashire 2001-09-01: 57950Lancashire 2001-12-01: 59000Lancashire 2002-03-01: 59950Lancashire 2002-06-01: 60000Lancashire 2002-09-01: 63000Lancashire 2002-12-01: 65000Lancashire 2003-03-01: 68000Lancashire 2003-06-01: 71000Lancashire 2003-09-01: 75950Lancashire 2003-12-01: 82500Lancashire 2004-03-01: 85000Lancashire 2004-06-01: 92000Lancashire 2004-09-01: 96500Lancashire 2004-12-01: 100000Lancashire 2005-03-01: 105000Lancashire 2005-06-01: 106500Lancashire 2005-09-01: 108500Lancashire 2005-12-01: 110200Lancashire 2006-03-01: 112000Lancashire 2006-06-01: 115500Lancashire 2006-09-01: 119950Lancashire 2006-12-01: 122500Lancashire 2007-03-01: 124995Lancashire 2007-06-01: 125000Lancashire 2007-09-01: 128857.5Lancashire 2007-12-01: 130000Lancashire 2008-03-01: 130000Lancashire 2008-06-01: 130000Lancashire 2008-09-01: 129995Lancashire 2008-12-01: 126000Lancashire 2009-03-01: 125000Lancashire 2009-06-01: 125000Lancashire 2009-09-01: 125000Lancashire 2009-12-01: 130000Lancashire 2010-03-01: 130000Lancashire 2010-06-01: 130000Lancashire 2010-09-01: 130000Lancashire 2010-12-01: 129950Lancashire 2011-03-01: 130000Lancashire 2011-06-01: 127000Lancashire 2011-09-01: 125000Lancashire 2011-12-01: 125000Lancashire 2012-03-01: 125000Lancashire 2012-06-01: 125000Lancashire 2012-09-01: 125000Lancashire 2012-12-01: 128750Lancashire 2013-03-01: 128600Lancashire 2013-06-01: 130000Lancashire 2013-09-01: 130000Lancashire 2013-12-01: 131000Lancashire 2014-03-01: 132000Lancashire 2014-06-01: 134500Lancashire 2014-09-01: 135000Lancashire 2014-12-01: 137000Lancashire 2015-03-01: 138500Lancashire 2015-06-01: 140000Lancashire 2015-09-01: 140000Lancashire 2015-12-01: 140000Lancashire 2016-03-01: 142000Lancashire 2016-06-01: 143500Lancashire 2016-09-01: 145000Lancashire 2016-12-01: 147000Lancashire 2017-03-01: 148475Lancashire 2017-06-01: 149950Lancashire 2017-09-01: 150000Lancashire 2017-12-01: 150000Lancashire 2018-03-01: 150000Lancashire 2018-06-01: 150000Lancashire 2018-09-01: 150000Lancashire 2018-12-01: 152000Lancashire 2019-03-01: 152000Lancashire 2019-06-01: 155000Lancashire 2019-09-01: 155000Lancashire 2019-12-01: 157500Lancashire 2020-03-01: 160000Lancashire 2020-06-01: 159950Lancashire 2020-09-01: 162000Lancashire 2020-12-01: 168000Lancashire 2021-03-01: 175000Lancashire 2021-06-01: 180000Lancashire 2021-09-01: 180500Lancashire 2021-12-01: 179500Lancashire 2022-03-01: 175500Lancashire 2022-06-01: 173000Lancashire 2022-09-01: 174999.5Lancashire 2022-12-01: 179625Lancashire 2023-03-01: 180000

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 Lancashire.

Dataset

Lancashire
01200400800totalstudioroombed4plusbed3bed2bed1Lancashire bed1: 481Lancashire bed2: 577Lancashire bed3: 700Lancashire bed4plus: 1047Lancashire room: 407Lancashire studio: 376Lancashire total: 619

Tenure type and poverty rates

What's on this chart?

This chart shows the poverty rates by type of tenure in Lancashire, 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 Lancashire. 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 Lancashire. A higher value means the average person spends a larger proportion of their earnings on rent.

Dataset

0.5 (high)
0.25
0 (low)
Chorley 0.311Fylde 0.317Hyndburn 0.246Lancaster 0.327Pendle 0.303Preston 0.344Ribble Valley 0.327Rossendale 0.288South Ribble 0.311West Lancashire 0.285Wyre 0.335

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 Lancashire. 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 Lancashire.

Dataset

Council Tax Support

No data available at this level.