A compendium of housing statistics for Rural and Urban areas in England.

The June 2025 release of the Digest includes analysis updates for the following topics within this theme:

• Housing stock: additions and affordable housing
• Housing quality

The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.

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Previous editions

Copies of the Housing Statistics for Rural England publication are available from the National Archive.

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250611155806/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Housing Statistics for Rural England, 10 December 2024

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240716154306/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Housing Statistics for Rural England, 16 July 2024

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240312163842/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Housing Statistics for Rural England, 12 March 2024

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20240213162657/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Housing Statistics for Rural England, 13 February 2024

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20231114164346/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Housing Statistics for Rural England, 14 November 2023

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230815152345/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Housing Statistics for Rural England, 15 August 2023

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230420154325/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Housing Statistics for Rural England, 20 April 2023

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230314171330/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-statistics-for-rural-england" class="govuk-link">Housing Statistics for Rural England, 14 March 2023

Statistics up to 2022 can be found https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230208015303/https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-digest-of-rural-england" class="govuk-link">here.

Statistics on the availability and affordability of housing, homelessness, and homebuilding in rural and urban areas.

Metadata

Indicators:

• percentage of dwellings classed as second homes or empty dwellings
• house building per 1,000 population
• net additions to housing stock
• additions to affordable housing stock
• residential housing transactions
• homeless and in priority need per 1,000 households
• people in temporary accommodation per 1,000 households
• ratio of lower quartile house prices to lower quartile earnings

Data source: Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities & Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Local Authority Rural-Urban Classification

Next release date: tbc

Additional sources:

• Dwelling stock statistics
• House building statistics
• Council Taxbase statistics

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