Estimates on the percentage of new build dwellings that were flats are in the following table.
Financial year 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 Private enterprise houses 1 bedroom 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 bedrooms 22 23 23 22 21 19 17 3 bedrooms 30 33 34 35 35 37 38 4 or more bedrooms 23 22 24 26 27 30 32 All 79 81 84 86 85 87 88 Flats 1 bedroom 11 10 8 7 7 5 5 2 bedrooms 9 8 7 7 8 7 7 3 bedrooms 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 or more bedrooms — — — — — — — All 21 19 16 14 15 13 12 Houses and flats 1 bedroom 15 13 11 9 8 6 5 2 bedrooms 31 31 30 29 28 26 24 3 bedrooms 31 33 35 36 36 37 38 4 or more bedrooms 23 22 24 26 28 31 32 All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Registered social landlords Houses 1 bedroom 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 bedrooms 21 26 32 32 34 31 31 3 bedrooms 17 22 27 30 30 31 32 4 or more bedrooms 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 All 44 54 65 69 71 68 71 Flats 1 bedroom 35 31 22 18 17 18 17 2 bedrooms 19 13 13 12 11 13 11 3 bedrooms 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 or more bedrooms — — — — — — 1 All 56 46 35 31 29 32 29 Houses and flats 1 bedroom 39 34 25 21 20 21 19 2 bedrooms 41 40 45 45 45 44 42 3 bedrooms 18 23 28 30 31 32 33 4 or more bedrooms 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 All tenures Houses 1 bedroom 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 bedrooms 22 24 25 24 24 21 19 3 bedrooms 28 31 33 34 34 36 37 4 or more bedrooms 20 18 19 21 23 26 28 All 74 76 80 82 82 84 85 Flats 1 bedroom 15 14 11 9 9 7 6 2 bedrooms 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 3 bedrooms 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 or more bedrooms — — — — — — — All 26 24 20 18 18 16 15 Houses and flats 1 bedroom 19 17 14 12 11 8 7 2 bedrooms 32 33 33 32 32 29 27 3 bedrooms 29 31 33 34 35 36 38 4 or more bedrooms 20 19 19 22 23 26 28 All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Financial year 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Private enterprise houses 1 bedroom 1 1 1 — — — — 2 bedrooms 15 14 13 9 9 8 7 3 bedrooms 36 35 33 30 29 28 28 4 or more bedrooms 34 35 36 39 36 31 25 All 86 85 83 78 74 67 60 Flats 1 bedroom 4 4 4 6 5 7 9 2 bedrooms 8 10 12 15 19 24 30 3 bedrooms 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 or more bedrooms — — — — — — — All 14 15 17 22 26 33 40 Houses and flats 1 bedroom 5 5 5 6 6 8 9 2 bedrooms 24 24 24 24 28 32 37 3 bedrooms 37 36 35 31 30 29 29 4 or more bedrooms 35 35 36 39 36 32 25 All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Registered social landlords Houses 1 bedroom 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 bedrooms 31 32 29 29 24 23 19 3 bedrooms 32 30 27 28 27 24 22 4 or more bedrooms 5 4 4 5 8 6 5 All 71 71 63 64 62 54 47 Flats 1 bedroom 15 15 17 15 14 13 17 2 bedrooms 13 12 17 20 22 31 34 3 bedrooms 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 4 or more bedrooms — — — — 1 1 2 All 29 29 37 36 39 46 53 Houses and flats 1 bedroom 18 20 19 17 17 14 18 2 bedrooms 44 44 46 49 45 54 52 3 bedrooms 33 32 30 28 29 25 24 4 or more bedrooms 5 5 5 5 9 7 6 All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 All tenures Houses 1 bedroom 1 1 1 — 1 — — 2 bedrooms 18 17 15 11 10 9 8 3 bedrooms 35 34 32 28 29 28 27 4 or more bedrooms 30 31 32 37 34 30 23 All 84 83 80 77 73 66 59 Flats 1 bedroom 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 2 bedrooms 9 10 12 15 19 24 30 3 bedrooms 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 or more bedrooms — — — — — — — All 16 17 20 23 27 34 41 Houses and flats 1 bedroom 7 7 7 7 6 8 10 2 bedrooms 27 26 27 25 29 33 38 3 bedrooms 36 35 34 31 30 29 29 4 or more bedrooms 30 32 32 37 34 30 23 All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1 For detailed definitions of all tenures, see Definitions of housing terms in Housing Statistics home page. 2 Figures for 2001-02 onwards are based on just NHBC figures, so there is some degree of variability owing to partial coverage. Telephone: 020 7944 4178 E-Mail: housebuilding.statistics@communities.gsi.gov.uk Sources: P2/P2a returns from local authorities, returns from National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) till 2000-01 Returns from National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) from 2001-02