HC Deb 20 February 1996 vol 272 cc59-60W
Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now provide figures for 1994 equivalent to those provided in respect of 1991 and 1993 in his answer of 19 July 1995,Official Report, columns 1414–16. [15389]

Mr. Curry

Estimates for numbers and proportions of owner-occupiers by age and household type in England in 1994–95 are now available and are given in the table. They are on a consistent basis with the earlier figures and exclude households which entered owner-occupation through purchase as a sitting tenant from a local authority.

The proportions are drawn from the survey of English housing and are subject to sampling variability, as is the number of owner-occupiers based on them. Sampling variability is especially high for groups where the number of households are small and this is likely to cause some of the variation between age groups. These comments apply also to the figures for 1993–94 given in the earlier answer.

All households, and owner-occupiers excluding those who entered owner occupation by purchase as a sitting tenant from a local authority, by household type and age of head of household 1994–95
England
Total households1 Owner occupiers
Thousands Thousands2 Percentages3
Married couple
Under 25 165 88 53
25 to 29 646 472 73
30 to 34 1,047 792 76
35 to 39 1,110 837 75
40 to 44 1,128 859 76
45 to 49 1,265 980 77
50 to 54 1,027 770 75
55 and over 4,031 2,744 68
Total 10,421 7,546 72
Cohabiting couple
Under 25 232 91 39
25 to 29 332 206 62
30 to 34 257 163 63
35 to 39 158 93 58
40 to 44 113 77 68
All households, and owner-occupiers excluding those who entered owner occupation by purchase as a sitting tenant from a local authority, by household type and age of head of household 1994–95
England
Total households1 Owner occupiers
Thousands Thousands2 Percentages3
45 to 49 92 59 65
50 to 54 53 30 56
55 and over 94 53 56
Total 1,332 781 59
Lone parent with dependent children
Under 25 135 4 3
25 to 29 209 23 11
30 to 34 226 66 29
35 to 39 190 67 35
40 to 44 150 67 45
45 to 49 105 60 57
50 to 54 40 24 59
55 and over 23 7 30
Total 1,076 314 29
Other multi-person
Under 25 95 13 14
25 to 29 142 43 30
30 to 34 109 61 56
35 to 39 79 47 59
40 to 44 98 50 51
45 to 49 136 77 57
50 to 54 130 57 44
55 and over 666 339 51
Total 1,455 654 45
One person
Under 25 220 48 22
25 to 29 436 243 56
30 to 34 414 273 66
35 to 39 290 180 62
40 to 44 261 142 54
45 to 49 294 152 52
50 to 54 275 139 50
55 and over 3,346 1,527 46
Total 5,536 2,690 49

Source:

1 DOE household estimates.

2 Derived by applying proportions from the 1994–95 survey of English housing (as in column 3 but before rounding) to the household numbers given in column 1.

3 Survey of English housing 1994–95.