Home Ownership (Hansard, 28 May 1976)

Mr. Wm. Ross

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the percentage of (a) home ownership, (b) private owned rented homes and (c) public ownership of homes, in each of the

							Percentage of all dwellings
						1975 Owner occupied	Rented from Local Authorities	Rented from private owners and other tenures
England	…	…	…	…	…	55	29	16
Wales	…	…	…	…	…	58	28	14
Scotland	…	…	…	…	…	33	54	13
Northern Ireland	…	…	…	…	48	37	15

Available sources of the housing stock of other countries do not classify the ownership of rented housing.

Proportions of housing which are owner-occupied follow:

		Percentage
Belgium	^*	55
Denmark	^*	47
France	^*	43
Germany (Federal Republic)	^*	34
Ireland	^*	69
Italy	^*	53
Luxembourg	^*	57
Netherlands	^*	36
Sweden	1965	36
USA	1973	64
Canada	1971	60
Australia	1971	67
^* About 1970.