Facts & figures about Herefordshire

Household tenure

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The Census provides household tenure information for different locations, as shown in table 1.

Table 1.  Household tenure of Herefordshire, the West Midlands and England

	Herefordshire	West Midlands	England
Owner occupied: Owns outright	36%	30%	29%
Owner occupied: Owns with a mortgage or loan	35%	39%	39%
Owner occupied: Shared ownership	1%	1%	1%
Socially Rented	15%	21%	19%
Rented from: Private landlord or letting agency	9%	6%	9%
Rented from: Other	4%	3%	3%

Source: 2001 Census, ONS – Crown copyright

Herefordshire has a higher proportion of households that own their house outright compared with regionally and nationally.  Herefordshire also has a lower proportion of households that own their house with a mortgage and a slightly higher proportion that privately rent their house from a landlord or letting agency.

Rural/urban split

See definitions page for more information on DEFRAs rural/urban definitions

Chart 2 explores whether there are differences between rural and urban Herefordshire in terms of household tenure.

Chart 2.  Proportion of households by tenure according to their rural/urban location in Herefordshire

Source: 2001 Census, OA Boundaries, ONS – Crown copyright

In Herefordshire the proportion of households who own their property outright is much higher in rural dispersed areas (45%) than in urban areas (30%) whereas the opposite is true for households that own their house with a mortgage or loan (37% in urban areas compared with 30% in rural dispersed areas).

Higher proportions of households that live in socially rented housing are found in urban areas (20%) and rural towns (19%).  The proportion of households that rent privately from a landlord or letting agency is highest in rural dispersed locations (14%).

Last updated: 17 January 2012