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UK House Price Index: January 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- UK average house prices increased by 7.5% over the year to January 2021, down from 8.0% in December 2020.
- Average house prices increased over the year in England to £267,000 (7.5%), in Wales to £179,000 (9.6%), in Scotland to £164,000 (6.9%) and in Northern Ireland to £148,000 (5.3%).
- The North West was the English region which saw the highest annual growth in average house prices (12.0%), while the West Midlands saw the lowest (4.7%).

House price statistics for small areas in England and Wales: year ending September 2020
What's in the bulletin?
- The median price paid for residential properties in Lower-layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in England ranged from £25,500 (within County Durham) to £5.8 million (within Westminster) in the year ending September 2020.
- The median price paid for residential properties in Lower-layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Wales ranged from £39,995 (within Rhondda Cynon Taf) to £657,500 (within Cardiff) in the year ending September 2020.
- The number of residential property sales in England fell by 23.8% to 609,518 and in Wales fell by 29.6% to 32,700 in the year ending September 2020.

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Datasets related to Housing
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House price to workplace-based earnings ratio
Affordability ratios calculated by dividing house prices by gross annual workplace-based earnings. Based on the median and lower quartiles of both house prices and earnings in England and Wales.
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Residential property sales for administrative geographies: HPSSA dataset 6
Number of residential property sales in England and Wales, by property type and administrative geographies. Annual data, updated quarterly.
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Median house prices for administrative geographies: HPSSA dataset 9
Median price paid for residential property in England and Wales, by property type and administrative geographies. Annual data, updated quarterly.
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House price to residence-based earnings ratio
Affordability ratios calculated by dividing house prices by gross annual residence-based earnings. Based on the median and lower quartiles of both house prices and earnings in England and Wales.
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Towns and cities analysis
Statistics on towns and cities in England and Wales with a focus on housing and deprivation.
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Disability and housing
Housing outcomes for disabled people in the UK aged 16 to 64 years, with analysis by age, sex, impairment type, country and region using Annual Population Survey (APS) data.
Publications related to Housing
Statistical bulletins
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Disability and housing, UK: 2019
Housing outcomes for disabled adults, with analysis by age, sex, impairment type and country using Annual Population Survey (APS) data.
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UK House Price Index: January 2021
Monthly house price inflation in the UK, calculated using data from HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland.
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Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: February 2021
An experimental price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in the UK. Includes measures of owner occupiers’ housing costs.
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Housing affordability in England and Wales: 2020
Data on house prices and annual earnings to calculate affordability ratios for national and subnational geographies in England and Wales, on an annual basis.
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House price statistics for small areas in England and Wales: year ending September 2020
House prices and number of transactions for property sales in England and Wales, on an annual basis, updated quarterly.
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Integrated Household Survey (Experimental statistics): January to December 2014
Sexual identity, smoking prevalence and perceived general health using data from the Integrated Household Survey.
Articles
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Private rental prices development plan
The updated proposed development plan for private rental price statistics outlines the priorities, aims and methodology under development. A broad timeline is included to provide users of private rental price statistics with a greater understanding of the planned development work.
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The cost of living alone
As the number of one-person households continues to rise, analysis reveals the financial situation and personal well-being of those living alone.
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How green is your street?
Have you ever wondered how green your street is compared with your neighbourhood, or your city? The Data Science Campus at Office for National Statistics is experimenting with a new way of analysing how green cities are.
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House Price Statistics for Small Areas in England and Wales
A brief overview of average (median) house prices using estimates from the sale prices of residential properties in England and Wales between 1995 and 2013. We look at the trends and features of average house prices paid over this period for 3 different geographies: local authorities, parliamentary constituencies and middle layer super output areas (MSOAs).
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Housing summary measures analysis
A range of data sources on housing presenting 14 housing summary measures, which provide an overview of the availability and affordability of privately-owned and social housing for local authorities in England and Wales.
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UK homelessness
Assessment of the comparability and coherence of existing UK government data sources on homelessness.
Methodology related to Housing
- Valuation Office Agency property attribute data: quality assurance of administrative data used in Census 2021
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