HC Deb 19 July 1995 vol 263 cc1414-5W
Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the number and proportion of households that have owner-occupiers in each of the years 1991 to 1994, according to(a) the age bands under 25, 25 to 29, 30 to 34, 35 to 39, 40 to 44, 45 to 49, 50 to 54 and 55 years and over and (b) household types, married couples, cohabiting couples, lone parents, other multi-person households, and one-person households, on a basis consistent with the evidence recently made available to the Environment Select Committee on the need for provision for social housing. [35189]

Mr. Curry

The latest available estimates of the number and proportion of owner occupiers by age and household types are given in the table. These relate to the years 1991 and 1993.

Estimates for 1992 and 1994 are not available.

Sources:

1991 Labour Force Survey.

1993 Survey of English Housing.

Proportion of owner-occupying households
1991 1993
Total households Owner-occupiers Percentage owner occupiers Total households Owner-occupiers Percentage owner occupiers
40 to 44 109,878 68,124 68 110,858 68,732 61
45 to 49 71,595 44,389 70 87,097 54,000 58
50 to 54 45,053 27,933 53 49,620 30,764 68
55 and over 83,242 51,610 60 90,287 55,978 59
Lone parents
Under 25 134,210 83,210 5 135,533 84,030 3
25 to 29 190,346 118,015 12 205,239 127,248 14
30 to 34 189,911 117,745 27 213,488 132,363 24
35 to 39 170,467 105,690 42 181,551 112,562 38
40 to 44 153,840 95,381 55 147,690 91,568 47
45 to 49 84,907 52,642 59 100,234 62,145 51
50 to 54 35,275 21,871 53 38,071 23,604 47
55 and over 21,612 13,399 45 22,924 14,213 34
Other multi person
Under 25 97,285 60,317 18 96,613 59,900 14
25 to 29 126,068 78,162 47 137,989 85,553 37
30 to 34 79,488 49,283 46 99,915 61,947 52
35 to 39 64,703 40,116 64 73,972 45,863 64
40 to 44 93,920 58,230 42 96,267 59,686 48
45 to 49 107,381 66,576 56 129,322 80,180 62
50 to 54 116,692 72,349 49 123,293 76,442 53
55 and over 664,488 411,983 49 668,103 414,224 51
One person
Under 25 223,502 138,571 29 223,225 138,400 29
25 to 29 389,819 241,688 59 423,593 262,628 56
30 to 34 301,205 186,747 65 377,306 233,930 65
35 to 39 225,782 139,985 64 266,033 164,940 57
40 to 44 242,044 150,067 59 251,644 156,019 57
45 to 49 227,763 141,213 58 277,450 172,019 59
50 to 54 240,172 148,907 53 259,773 161,059 51
55 and over 3,264,770 2,024,157 45 3,315,167 2,055,404 48