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Owner Occupation

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many householders were owner occupiers owning their home (a) outright and (b) with a mortgage in each of the last 30 years. (262604)

The information requested is not readily available for the United Kingdom.

Estimates of the number of owner occupying households in England who were (a) outright owners and (b) buying with a mortgage are set out in the following table. Estimates are available for 1981, 1984, 1988 and all years from 1991 onwards.

Households in owner occupation: England 1981–2008

Thousands of households

Owner occupiers

Own outright

Buying with a mortgage

All owner occupiers

1981

4,313

5,546

9,860

1984

4,590

6,399

10,990

1988

4,834

7,414

12,248

1991

4,795

8,255

13,050

1992

4,815

8,255

13,069

1993

4,898

8,382

13,280

1994

5,008

8,421

13,429

1995

4,998

8,468

13,467

1996

5,115

8,407

13,521

1997

5,249

8,380

13,629

1998

5,404

8,413

13,817

1999

5,582

8,508

14,091

2000

5,764

8,575

14,339

2001

5,885

8,473

14,358

2002

6,019

8,540

14,559

2003

6,158

8,542

14,701

2004

6,288

8,389

14,677

2005

6,352

8,440

14,791

2006

6,425

8,365

14,790

2007

6,505

8,228

14,733

2008

6,653

7,975

14,628

Sources:

1981 to 1991: DOE Labour Force Survey Housing Trailer

1992 to 2008: ONS Labour Force Survey.