Estimates of the average (median) length of residence at the current address for owner occupiers, social renters and private renters are provided in the following table for each year from 1997-98 to 2007-08 inclusive. These estimates are based on data from the Survey of English Housing. The survey is only able to estimate the average length of time that residents have been in their accommodation at the time of interview, this will not be the overall length of time that they will eventually spend in that accommodation.
Years Owner occupiers Social renters Private renters 1997-98 10.8 7.1 1.5 1998-99 11.1 7.0 1.6 1999-2000 11.3 6.8 1.6 2000-01 11.2 6.9 1.5 2001-02 11.5 7.2 1.5 2002-03 11.3 7.8 1.7 2003-04 11.0 7.5 1.6 2004-05 11.5 7.4 1.5 2005-06 11.8 7.7 1.6 2006-07 11.6 7.8 1.7 2007-08 11.9 7.8 1.5 1 Estimates are presented in decimal format. An estimate of 11.5 years means 11 years 6 months. Source: Survey of English Housing, SEH15 dataset