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UK House Price Index: July 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- Average UK house prices increased by 0.6% in the 12 months to July 2023 (provisional estimate), down from a revised 1.9% in June 2023.
- The average UK house price was £290,000 in July 2023, which is £2,000 higher than 12 months ago, but £2,000 below the recent peak in November 2022.
- Average house prices increased over the 12 months to July 2023, to £309,000 in England (0.6%), £192,000 in Scotland (0.1%), while average house prices in Wales decreased to £216,000 (negative 0.1%).

Communal establishment residents, England and Wales: Census 2021
What's in the bulletin?
- In 2021, there were 1,042,000 communal establishment residents in England and Wales (1.7% of the usual resident population).
- The number of those living in communal establishments has risen by 37,000 since 2011 (when 1,005,000 lived in communal establishments), but declined very slightly as a proportion of the usual resident population (from 1.8%).
- In total, 51.1% of communal establishment residents were female and 48.9% were male.

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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.
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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.
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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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Housing affordability in England and Wales: 2022
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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Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK: August 2023
An experimental price index tracking the prices paid for renting property from private landlords in the UK.
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UK House Price Index: July 2023
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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Private rental affordability, England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2021
Private rent prices by country and English region, expressed as a percentage of gross monthly income of private renting households. Part of our additional measures of housing affordability series.
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Housing, England and Wales: Census 2021
Accommodation type, tenure, rooms and bedrooms, central heating and car or van availability in England and Wales, Census 2021 data.
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People with second addresses, England and Wales: Census 2021
Information about people who use second addresses in England and Wales, Census 2021 data.
Articles
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How are monthly mortgage repayments changing in Great Britain?
How are average house prices and changing interest rates affecting monthly mortgage repayments across Great Britain?
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Monthly mortgage repayments up 61% for average semi-detached home in the UK
We summarise some key trends from our newly launched mortgage repayments calculator tool
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Private rental prices development plan, UK
Overview of our plans for the statistical development of rental prices statistics, including a timeline for development.
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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).
Methodology related to Housing
- Valuation Office Agency property attribute data: quality assurance of administrative data used in Census 2021
- House price statistics for small areas QMI
- Household Satellite Account (experimental)
- Admin-based statistics for property floor space, feasibility research: England and Wales
- Admin-based accommodation type statistics for England and Wales, feasibility research: 2011
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