The following estimates of the number of overcrowded households are based on the Bedroom Standard definition of overcrowding and are derived from the Survey of English Housing.
(a) Estimates of the number and percentage of overcrowded households by tenure for each region in England are given in Table 1.
Tenure (thousand households) Percentage Government office region Owner occupiers Social renters Private renters All tenures Owner occupiers Social renters Private renters All tenures North East 7 9 3 19 0.9 3.4 3.0 1.7 North West 33 19 12 64 1.6 3.6 4.5 2.3 Yorkshire and the Humber 19 11 7 37 1.3 2.8 3.1 1.8 North 59 40 22 120 1.4 3.3 3.7 2.0 East Midlands 11 13 6 29 0.8 4.1 3.4 1.6 West Midlands 29 21 10 61 1.9 4.5 4.9 2.8 Midlands 40 34 16 SO 1.4 4.4 4.2 2.3 East 19 15 8 42 1.1 4.1 3.3 1.8 London 47 98 59 203 2.7 12.2 10.5 6.6 South East 23 31 12 66 0.9 6.6 2.8 2.0 Southwest 12 12 9 33 0.8 4.2 3.0 1.5 South 100 156 88 344 1.4 8.1 5.8 3.2 England 200 229 125 554 1.4 5.9 5.1 2.7 1 Overcrowded i.e. one or more bedrooms below the “bedroom standard”. 2 Sample sizes are too small to give robust annual figures. A three-year average is therefore provided. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing.
(b) Estimates of the number and percentage of overcrowded households by household size for each region in England are given in Table 2.
Number of persons in household (thousand overcrowded households) Number of persons in household (percentage) Government office region 1 or 2 3 or 4 5 or more All households 1 or 2 3 or 4 5 or more All households North East 2 5 12 19 0.2 1.4 22.5 1.7 North West 2 24 38 64 0.1 2.8 20.4 2.3 Yorkshire and the Humber 1 11 25 37 0.1 1:8 18.5 1.8 North 6 39 75 120 0.1 2.2 20.0 2.0 East Midlands 3 8 19 29 0.2 1.5 17.2 1.6 West Midlands 2 16 43 61 0.2 2.5 24.7 2.8 Midlands 5 23 62 90 0.2 2.1 21.8 2.3 East 3 17 22 42 0.2 2.5 15.2 London 30 92 82 203 1.6 10.1 32.0 6.6 South East 5 30 31 66 0.2 3.1 14.3 2.0 South West 3 15 15 33 0.2 2.6 12.6 1.5 South 41 153 149 344 0.6 4.9 20.3 3.2 England 52 216 286 554 0.4 3.6 20.5 2.7 1 Overcrowded i.e. one or more bedrooms below the “bedroom standard”. 2 Sample sizes are too small to give robust annual figures. A three-year average is therefore provided. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing.
(c) Estimates of the number and percentage of overcrowded households by income level for each region in England are given in Table 3.
Joint weekly income HRP and partner (thousand overcrowded households) Joint weekly income HRP and partner (percentage) Government office region Under £200 £200, under £500 £500 or more Total Under £200 £200, under £500 £500 or more Total North East 3 11 3 17 1.3 3.0 0.8 1.8 North West 14 27 8 49 2.5 3.0 0.9 2.1 Yorkshire and the Humber 9 16 5 30 2.2 2.3 0.7 1.7 North 26 53 16 96 2.2 2.7 0.8 1.9 East Midlands 6 7 7 20 2.1 1.3 1.2 1.4 West Midlands 11 25 12 48 2.4 3.6 1.6 2.5 Midlands 17 32 19 68 2.3 2.6 1.4 2.0 East 7 15 13 35 2.0 2.3 1.3 1.8 London 62 57 42 160 9.7 7.8 3.7 6.4 South East 12 30 18 60 2.4 3.4 1.2 2.1 South West 5 13 10 28 1.5 2.0 1.2 1.5 South 86 115 82 283 4.7 3.9 1.8 3.1 England 130 200 117 446 3.4 3.3 1.5 2.5 1 Overcrowded i.e. one or more bedrooms below the “bedroom standard”. 2 Households with unknown incomes are excluded from these estimates. 3 Sample sizes are too small to give robust annual figures. A three-year average is therefore provided. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing.
(d) Estimates of the number and percentage of overcrowded households by ethnicity by broad region in England are given in Table 4. Due to very small sample sizes for overcrowded ethnic minority households in some regions it is not possible to provide estimates for individual regions.
White (overcrowded) Ethnic minority (overcrowded) Region Tenure Thousand households Percentage Thousand households Percentage London Owner occupiers 27 1.5 27 7.0 Social renters 63 7.4 63 18.9 Private renters 32 7.3 32 17.0 All 122 3.7 122 13.4 Rest of England Owner occupiers 110 0.9 43 7.7 Social renters 116 4.0 16 8.8 Private renters 45 2.7 21 9.4 All 271 1.6 80 8.3 England Owner occupiers 129 1.0 70 7.4 Social renters 151 4.4 78 15.4 Private renters 72 3.5 53 12.8 All 352 1.9 202 10.8 1 Overcrowded is one or more bedrooms below the “bedroom standard”. 2 Sample sizes are too small to give robust annual figures. A three-year average is therefore provided. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing.