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Lancashire
Housing and Households

Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2001 (%)
  Total Household Spaces % of Household Spaces of Accommodation Type:
A B C D E F
               
North Lancashire 207,228 18.4 38.0 24.7 9.9 8.1 0.9
Blackpool 67,297 8.2 37.4 30.9 11.9 11.4 0.3
Fylde 34,176 26.9 33.0 17.6 11.3 9.5 1.8
Lancaster 58,857 18.0 37.7 26.9 9.4 7.3 0.7
Wyre 46,898 27.3 42.6 18.3 6.7 3.5 1.6
               
Central Lancashire 186,310 24.9 38.1 25.9 8.4 1.9 0.6
Chorley 42,309 28.8 34.7 27.8 6.7 1.5 0.5
Preston 54,978 17.3 33.9 33.2 12.3 3.2 0.0
South Ribble 43,748 27.2 47.2 17.6 6.2 1.2 0.5
West Lancashire 45,275 28.3 37.7 23.4 7.6 1.4 1.6
               
Lancashire West 393,538 21.5 38.0 25.3 9.2 5.1 0.8
               
East Lancashire 221,923 15.2 26.4 49.5 6.7 2.0 0.3
Blackburn with Darwen 56,698 13.2 27.4 47.9 9.1 2.3 0.1
Burnley 39,802 12.4 27.8 51.9 5.7 1.9 0.2
Hyndburn 35,170 10.6 26.4 54.3 6.7 1.7 0.3
Pendle 38,456 12.4 22.2 58.6 4.8 1.8 0.2
Ribble Valley 23,214 31.6 28.8 31.6 4.9 2.4 0.7
Rossendale 28,583 18.8 26.0 45.2 7.5 2.1 0.5
               
Lancashire County 491,466 21.4 34.1 32.8 7.7 3.2 0.7
Lancashire NUTS-2 615,461 19.2 33.8 34.0 8.3 4.0 0.6
               
North West 2,950,241 17.6 36.5 31.7 10.2 3.6 0.3
England and Wales 22,538,641 22.8 31.6 26.0 13.6 5.6 0.4
Notes A Detached whole house or bungalow
B Semi-detached whole house or bungalow
C Terraced, including end terrace
D Flat, maisonette or apartment: purpose-built block of flats or tenement
E Flat, maisonette or apartment: part of a converted or shared house (including bed-sits) or in commercial building
F Caravan or other mobile or temporary structure
Source ONS - Census of Population, 2001

Household Tenure, 2001 (%)
Tenure Lancashire County Lancashire NUTS-2 North West England and Wales
         
Owner-Occupied
Owns outright 34.5 34.0 29.8 29.5
Owns with a mortgage or loan 41.2 40.6 38.9 38.8
Shared ownership(1) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Total 76.3 75.1 69.3 68.9
         
Rented
From council 7.6 7.8 13.6 13.2
From housing association or register social landlord(2) 5.4 5.4 6.5 5.9
From private landlord or letting agency 7.7 8.6 7.7 8.7
Other(3) 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.2
Total 23.7 24.9 30.7 31.1
         
All households (no.) 468,868 586,215 2,812,789 21,660,475
Notes (1) Pays part rent and part mortgage
(2) Includes Housing Co-operative and Charitable Trust
(3) Includes employer of a household member and relative or friend of a household member and living rent-free
Source ONS – Census of Population, 2001

Household Amenities, 2001
  Lancashire County Lancashire NUTS-2 North West England and Wales
         
Average household size 2.37 2.36 2.35 2.36
Average number of rooms per household 5.45 5.39 5.36 5.34
         
Households with an occupancy rating of -1 or less(1) 21,073 29,335 152,248 1,510,422
4.49% 5.00% 5.41% 6.97%
         
Households with central heating and with sole use of bath/shower & toilet 411,796 508,659 2,473,718 19,756,038
87.83% 86.77% 87.95% 91.21%
Households with central heating and without sole use of bath/shower & toilet 845 1,201 6,425 69,504
0.18% 0.20% 0.23% 0.32%
Households without central heating and with sole use of bath/shower & toilet 55,580 75,262 328,956 1,800,316
11.85% 12.84% 11.70% 8.31%
Households without central heating and without sole use of bath/shower & toilet 647 1,093 3,690 34,617
0.14% 0.19% 0.13% 0.16%
         
Households whose lowest floor is basement or semi-basement 13,730 16,313 68,795 588,396
2.93% 2.78% 2.45% 2.72%
Households whose lowest floor is ground floor 425,116 528,501 2,521,402 18,590,457
90.67% 90.15% 89.64% 85.83%
Households whose lowest floor is 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th floor 29,618 40,632 209,856 2,339,868
6.32% 6.93% 7.46% 10.80%
Households whose lowest floor is 5th floor or higher 404 769 12,736 141,754
0.09% 0.13% 0.45% 0.65%
         
All households 468,868 586,215 2,812,789 21,660,475
Note (1) The occupancy rating provides a measure of under-occupancy and overcrowding. E.g., a value of -1 implies that there is one room too few and that there is overcrowding in the household. The occupancy rating assumes that every household, including one-person households, requires a minimum of two common rooms (excluding bathrooms).
Source ONS - Census of Population, 2001

Household Composition, 2001 (%)
Household Type Lancashire County Lancashire NUTS-2 North West England and Wales
         
One Person
Pensioner 14.9 15.0 15.1 14.4
Other 14.4 15.1 15.9 15.6
Total (no.) 137,149 176,416 870,234 6,502,612
         
One Family and No Others
All pensioners 9.5 9.3 8.5 9.0
Married couple with no children 13.9 13.4 12.3 13.0
Married couple with dependent children 18.0 17.5 17.1 17.6
Married couple with all children non-dependent 6.3 6.1 6.5 6.0
Cohabiting couple no children 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.7
Cohabiting couple with dependent children 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2
Cohabiting couple with all children non-dependent 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Lone parent with dependent children 6.7 7.1 7.7 6.5
Lone parent with all children non-dependent 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.1
Total (no.) 306,646 377,168 1,782,686 13,715,989
         
Other Households
With dependent children 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2
All students 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
All pensioners 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Other 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.6
Total (no.) 25,073 32,631 159,869 1,441,874
         
All Households (no.) 468,868 586,215 2,812,789 21,660,475
Note A dependent child is a person in a household aged 0-15 (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16-18 who is a full-time student and in a family with parent(s).
Source ONS - Census of Population, 2001

Number of Households Living in Temporary Accommodation, 1997/87-2006/07
  1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
                     
Blackburn with Darwen 5 7 10 9 11 16 3 10 5 11
Blackpool 41 36 64 48 41 60 99 122 71 42
                     
Burnley 19 20 8 13 23 43 32 40 18 25
Chorley 122 186 146 70 34 21 30 29 33 —
Fylde 13 13 7 19 — — — — — —
Hyndburn 1 1 1 3 2 5 3 2 4 2
Lancaster 5 6 3 8 3 6 27 56 28 30
Pendle 0 7 9 4 3 10 14 1 3 6
Preston 110 87 78 71 75 79 63 73 84 74
Ribble Valley 20 11 18 11 7 10 11 10 5 5
Rossendale 4 8 4 2 2 4 0 4 3 7
South Ribble 18 13 25 17 23 32 42 51 47 49
West Lancashire 6 3 1 4 6 0 5 2 1 3
Wyre 27 24 22 15 18 33 16 26 20 20
                     
Lancashire County 345 379 322 237 196 267 243 312 272 239
                     
North West 2,411 2,195 2,067 2,039 1,771 2,070 2,527 2,489 2,492 2,358
England 43,962 54,723 63,820 70,057 77,964 80,183 96,770 94,538 94,946 86,921
Note Temporary accommodation under homelessness provisions - the duty owed to a household accepted by a local housing authority as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need is to secure suitable accommodation.
Source DCLG - Flootr Targets Interactive

Dwelling Stock by Council Tax Band, 2006
  Local Authority Tax Band(2)
Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F Band G Band H Total(1)
                   
Number of Taxed Properties
                   
North Lancashire 68,301 52,203 42,271 24,063 14,328 6,842 3,456 248 211,712
Blackpool 30,032 19,720 10,991 4,550 1,797 546 270 28 67,934
Fylde 6,432 5,892 8,389 6,548 4,305 2,339 1,436 81 35,422
Lancaster 21,237 15,201 11,192 5,913 3,657 1,806 819 70 59,895
Wyre 10,600 11,390 11,699 7,052 4,569 2,151 931 69 48,461
                   
Central Lancashire 64,647 41,744 38,737 25,595 14,914 6,672 3,549 198 196,056
Chorley 13,861 9,928 8,361 5,638 4,205 1,672 726 61 44,452
Preston 26,894 11,473 9,416 6,259 2,466 1,188 857 46 58,599
South Ribble 9,631 11,898 11,693 7,220 3,713 1,430 479 17 46,081
West Lancashire 14,261 8,445 9,267 6,478 4,530 2,382 1,487 74 46,924
                   
Lancashire West 132,948 93,947 81,008 49,658 29,242 13,514 7,005 446 407,768
                   
East Lancashire 125,539 31,253 32,194 20,002 10,838 4,962 3,690 364 228,842
Blackburn with Darwen 35,079 8,346 7,975 4,168 2,031 812 552 61 59,024
Burnley 25,232 4,483 6,152 2,684 1,257 323 142 19 40,292
Hyndburn 21,593 4,991 5,563 2,718 868 273 174 14 36,194
Pendle 24,680 4,282 4,064 2,876 1,701 938 512 44 39,097
Ribble Valley 3,285 4,644 4,738 4,425 3,218 1,985 1,883 189 24,367
Rossendale 15,670 4,507 3,702 3,131 1,763 631 427 37 29,868
                   
Lancashire County 193,376 97,134 94,236 60,942 36,252 17,118 9,873 721 509,652
Lancashire NUTS-2 258,487 125,200 113,202 69,660 40,080 18,476 10,695 810 636,610
                   
North West 1,312,830 585,485 530,645 303,648 178,124 86,833 59,138 5,991 3,062,698
England 5,584,166 4,261,483 4,771,726 3,353,702 2,092,847 1,106,315 788,626 123,492 22,082,364
                   
Percentage of Taxed Properties
                   
North Lancashire 32.26 24.66 19.97 11.37 6.77 3.23 1.63 0.12 100.00
Blackpool 44.21 29.03 16.18 6.70 2.65 0.80 0.40 0.04 100.00
Fylde 18.16 16.63 23.68 18.49 12.15 6.60 4.05 0.23 100.00
Lancaster 35.46 25.38 18.69 9.87 6.11 3.02 1.37 0.12 100.00
Wyre 21.87 23.50 24.14 14.55 9.43 4.44 1.92 0.14 100.00
                   
Central Lancashire 32.97 21.29 19.76 13.05 7.61 3.40 1.81 0.10 100.00
Chorley 31.18 22.33 18.81 12.68 9.46 3.76 1.63 0.14 100.00
Preston 45.89 19.58 16.07 10.68 4.21 2.03 1.46 0.08 100.00
South Ribble 20.90 25.82 25.37 15.67 8.06 3.10 1.04 0.04 100.00
West Lancashire 30.39 18.00 19.75 13.81 9.65 5.08 3.17 0.16 100.00
                   
Lancashire West 32.60 23.04 19.87 12.18 7.17 3.31 1.72 0.11 100.00
                   
East Lancashire 54.86 13.66 14.07 8.74 4.74 2.17 1.61 0.16 100.00
Blackburn with Darwen 59.43 14.14 13.51 7.06 3.44 1.38 0.94 0.10 100.00
Burnley 62.62 11.13 15.27 6.66 3.12 0.80 0.35 0.05 100.00
Hyndburn 59.66 13.79 15.37 7.51 2.40 0.75 0.48 0.04 100.00
Pendle 63.13 10.95 10.39 7.36 4.35 2.40 1.31 0.11 100.00
Ribble Valley 13.48 19.06 19.44 18.16 13.21 8.15 7.73 0.78 100.00
Rossendale 52.46 15.09 12.39 10.48 5.90 2.11 1.43 0.12 100.00
                   
Lancashire County 37.94 19.06 18.49 11.96 7.11 3.36 1.94 0.14 100.00
Lancashire NUTS-2 40.60 19.67 17.78 10.94 6.30 2.90 1.68 0.13 100.00
                   
North West 42.87 19.12 17.33 9.91 5.82 2.84 1.93 0.20 100.00
England 25.29 19.30 21.61 15.19 9.48 5.01 3.57 0.56 100.00
Notes (1) The totals for the North West and for England include a tiny number of properties in Band I or not allocated to any band (4 in the North West and 7 in England). There are no Band I or unallocated properties in Lancashire.
(2) Council Tax Bands: Council tax valuations are based on the price a property, as it existed on 1 April 1993, would have fetched if it had been sold on the open market on 1 April 1991. Each dwelling in England is assigned to one of eight bands as follows:
Band A Up to £40,000
Band B £40,001 to £52,000
Band C £52,001 to £68,000
Band D £68,001 to £88,000
Band E £88,001 to £120,000
Band F £120,001 to £160,000
Band G £160,001 to £320,000
Band H £320,001 and above
Source ONS/Valuation Office Agency (VOA) - Dwelling Stock by Council Tax Band, 2006
Archives 2001, 2003
Dwelling Stock by Council Tax Band

Dwelling Stock by Tenure, 2006
  Total Dwelling Stock Local Authority Registered Social Landlords Other Public Sector Owner Occupied and Private Rented
No. % No. % No. % No. %
                   
North Lancashire 212,052 9,291 4.4 10,132 4.8 489 0.2 192,140 90.6
Blackpool 68,257 5,411 7.9 1,717 2.5 137 0.2 60,992 89.4
Fylde 35,362 0 0.0 2,326 6.6 170 0.5 32,866 92.9
Lancaster 59,922 3,880 6.5 2,471 4.1 120 0.2 53,451 89.2
Wyre 48,511 0 0.0 3,618 7.5 62 0.1 44,831 92.4
                   
Central Lancashire 196,442 9,576 4.9 20,172 10.3 433 0.2 166,261 84.6
Chorley 44,524 2,972 6.7 3,002 6.7 16 0.0 38,534 86.5
Preston 58,691 0 0.0 11,469 19.5 389 0.7 46,833 79.8
South Ribble 46,250 0 0.0 4,945 10.7 28 0.1 41,277 89.2
West Lancashire 46,977 6,604 14.1 756 1.6 0 0.0 39,617 84.3
                   
Lancashire West 408,494 18,867 4.6 30,304 7.4 922 0.2 358,401 87.7
                   
East Lancashire 228,965 4,665 2.0 28,788 12.6 234 0.1 195,278 85.3
Blackburn with Darwen 59,032 0 0.0 11,564 19.6 46 0.1 47,422 80.3
Burnley 40,289 0 0.0 5,867 14.6 36 0.1 34,386 85.3
Hyndburn 36,193 0 0.0 4,953 13.7 0 0.0 31,240 86.3
Pendle 39,135 3,480 8.9 1,108 2.8 0 0.0 34,547 88.3
Ribble Valley 24,355 1,185 4.9 529 2.2 152 0.6 22,489 92.3
Rossendale 29,961 0 0.0 4,767 15.9 0 0.0 25,194 84.1
                   
Lancashire County 510,170 18,121 3.6 45,811 9.0 973 0.2 445,265 87.3
Lancashire NUTS-2 637,459 23,532 3.7 59,092 9.3 1,156 0.2 553,679 86.9
                   
North West 3,059,208 237,197 7.8 346,592 11.3 2,568 0.1 2,472,851 80.8
England 22,085,741 2,071,333 9.4 1,925,519 8.7 82,457 0.4 18,006,432 81.5
Source Department for Communities and Local Government - Dwelling Stock by Tenure & Condition, April 2006
Archive 2003, 2004, 2005
Dwelling Stock by Tenure and Condition

Dwelling Stock by Condition, 2004-2006
  Total Dwellings Unfit Dwellings
No. No. %
2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006
                   
North Lancashire 210,099 210,862 212,052 9,809 11,388 11,396 4.7 5.4 5.4
Blackpool 67,667 67,904 68,257 4,242 4,753 4,753 7.0 7.0 7.0
Fylde 34,903 35,190 35,362 1,655 1,782 1,782 4.7 5.1 5.0
Lancaster 59,524 59,520 59,922 1,800 2,753 2,727 3.0 4.6 4.6
Wyre 48,005 48,248 48,511 2,112 2,100 2,134 4.4 4.4 4.4
                   
Central Lancashire(1) 192,767 194,184 196,442 8,421 8,812 — 4.4 4.5 —
Chorley(1) 43,556 44,035 44,524 1,715 1,677 — 3.9 3.8 —
Preston 57,775 57,733 58,691 2,994 3,407 3,100 5.2 5.9 5.3
South Ribble 45,211 45,804 46,250 1,688 1,687 1,678 3.7 3.7 3.6
West Lancashire 46,225 46,612 46,977 2,024 2,041 1,422 4.4 4.4 3.0
                   
Lancashire West(1) 402,866 405,046 408,494 18,230 20,200 — 4.5 5.0 —
                   
East Lancashire 226,776 227,519 228,965 49,433 29,465 29,419 21.8 13.0 12.8
Blackburn with Darwen 58,922 58,634 59,032 20,788 9,685 10,124 35.3 16.5 17.2
Burnley 40,383 40,177 40,289 9,320 3,460 3,247 23.1 8.6 8.1
Hyndburn 35,903 35,987 36,193 9,032 5,755 5,755 25.2 16.0 15.9
Pendle 38,047 38,972 39,135 6,862 6,783 6,515 18.0 17.4 16.6
Ribble Valley 23,946 24,225 24,355 1,289 1,055 1,055 5.4 4.4 4.3
Rossendale 29,575 29,524 29,961 2,142 2,727 2,723 7.2 9.2 9.1
                   
Lancashire County(1) 503,053 506,027 510,170 42,633 35,227 32,138 8.5 7.0 —
Lancashire NUTS-2(1) 629,642 632,565 637,459 67,663 49,665 47,015 10.7 7.9 —
                   
North West 3,023,470 3,043,323 3,059,208 183,283 164,739 158,679 6.1 5.4 5.2
England 21,723,001 21,906,172 22,085,741 1,034,496 962,588 922,183 4.8 4.4 4.2
Notes (1) The 2006 official figures do not contain an unfit dwelling total for Chorley. This means that it is not possible to derive accurate numbers or rates for Central Lancashire, Lancashire West, Lancashire County and Lancashire NUTS-2.
Source Department for Communities and Local Government - Dwelling Stock by Tenure and Condition, April 2004-April 2006
Dwelling Stock by Tenure and Condition

Average Residential Property Prices, 1996-2007
Graph showing Average Residential Property Prices in Lancashire, the North West and England and Wales from 1996 to 2007
Source - House Prices Index, based on HM Land Registry data
House Prices

Ratio of Median House Price to Median Income, 1997-2007
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
                       
Blackburn with Darwen 2.25 2.22 2.46 2.38 2.17 2.24 2.37 3.15 3.92 4.22 4.25
Blackpool 3.04 3.13 3.07 3.13 3.13 3.31 3.86 4.92 5.44 6.21 6.22
                       
Burnley 2.01 2.12 2.01 2.06 1.94 1.79 1.85 1.88 2.39 2.93 3.75
Chorley 3.53 3.59 3.30 3.62 3.48 4.19 4.97 6.20 6.86 6.31 6.31
Fylde 2.99 2.92 3.16 3.09 3.36 3.52 4.44 5.64 6.05 6.58 6.52
Hyndburn 2.35 2.06 2.35 2.44 2.45 1.99 2.07 3.41 3.67 4.57 4.55
Lancaster 2.69 2.85 2.82 2.94 2.84 2.87 3.63 4.71 5.34 5.64 5.65
Pendle 2.03 2.19 2.24 2.03 2.19 2.09 2.29 2.79 2.84 3.76 4.37
Preston 2.98 2.86 3.04 2.81 3.06 3.38 3.42 4.78 5.63 5.63 6.13
Ribble Valley 3.60 3.66 3.41 4.63 4.33 4.17 6.25 8.74 7.31 7.63 7.70
Rossendale 2.82 3.16 3.36 3.03 3.10 3.07 3.68 4.76 5.57 5.86 6.13
South Ribble 2.98 3.09 3.34 3.01 3.46 3.58 4.29 5.88 5.99 6.27 6.01
West Lancashire 3.40 3.54 3.78 3.79 4.00 4.47 5.50 6.18 6.26 6.88 7.34
Wyre 3.73 3.86 3.38 4.11 3.97 4.70 5.19 6.40 7.26 7.73 7.64
                       
Lancashire County 3.03 2.98 3.06 3.14 3.16 3.22 3.79 4.71 5.03 5.58 5.74
                       
North West 3.01 3.01 3.04 3.09 3.19 3.43 3.94 4.83 5.37 5.62 5.82
England 3.54 3.67 3.86 4.21 4.47 5.07 5.83 6.58 6.81 6.91 7.26
Notes Based on Land Registry house price data and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) workplace data.
The 'median' property price/income is determined by ranking all property prices/incomes in ascending order. The point at which one half of the values are above and one half are below is the median.
Source Department for Communities and Local Government

Density of New Dwellings and Percentage Built on Previously Developed Land, 1999-2002 and 2003-2006
  All New Dwellings
Density Built in Dwellings per Hectare Precentage Built on Previously Developed Land, Excluding Conversions
1999-2002 2003-2006 1999-2002 2003-2006
         
Blackburn with Darwen 20 34 51 62
Blackpool 26 43 40 76
Burnley 30 38 65 73
Chorley 21 29 53 56
Fylde 30 28 55 68
Hyndburn 26 31 64 81
Lancaster 26 32 55 70
Pendle 21 29 49 54
Preston 30 44 62 72
Ribble Valley 19 19 73 70
Rossendale 20 32 48 58
South Ribble 22 28 40 74
West Lancashire 21 27 79 58
Wyre 21 38 42 74
Source Department for Communities and Local Government - Land Use Change in England, 2006