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1. Main facts and figures
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in 2015/16 there were 355,898 new social housing lettings in England
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around 79% of new social housing went to White British households
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of all the ethnic groups, White Gypsy or Irish Traveller households had the fewest new social housing lettings
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Asian households were under-represented in new social housing lettings – particularly Indian and Pakistani households
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Black households were over-represented in new social housing lettings – particularly Black African and Black Caribbean households
Things you need to know
These figures are based on the Continuous Recording of Lettings and Sales in Social Housing (CORE). CORE is a complete census of new social housing lettings.
Tenants can refuse to give information on their ethnicity. The data used here excludes any records where ethnicity was refused or where information was missing. This means that figures for new lettings may be different from other published figures on social housing.
Social housing is provided by local authorities and private registered providers (mainly housing associations).
Household income used in these figures does not take account of the size or membership of households, which means that we can’t make statements about whether some ethnic groups are poorer compared to others.
For example, two households may have the same number of people, but in one household there are several dependent children, while in the other, everyone is employed. In this data, the amount of rent as a percentage of household income has not been adjusted to reflect these differences.
The figures come from the Continuous Recording of Lettings and Sales in Social Housing (CORE) in 2015/16, which records:
- social housing lettings
- affordable housing lettings
- sales by private registered landlords
The CORE data used here relates to new, permanent general lettings of social housing. New lettings include households new to social housing as well as households moving within the social housing sector if they are let a new tenancy.
The data uses the ethnicity of the main tenant. For a single tenancy, this is the named tenant.
For a joint tenancy, the main tenant is:
- the economically active or working person
- the oldest person, if both tenants are working or both are not working
There may be some inaccuracy in the administrative data used to compile these statistics due to missing responses or reporting errors when the data was entered.
What the data measures
This data measures access to social housing using the number of new social housing lettings in England in 2015/16, broken down by ethnic group.
Social housing is let to tenants by local authorities or private registered providers (mainly housing associations).
The information relates to residential households who were let social housing in the financial year April 2015 to March 2016. A household is one person or a group of people (not necessarily related) who have the accommodation as their only or main residence. If it is a group, they must share cooking facilities and also share a living room, sitting room or dining area.
To provide additional context, the percentage of new social housing lettings by ethnic group has been compared with population estimates (2015) published by ONS. You can see these population estimates if you download the data.
The ethnic categories used in this data
For comparisons made at national and regional levels, this data uses the standardised ethnic groups based on the 2011 Census:
White:
- English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British
- Irish
- Gypsy, Traveller or Irish Traveller
- Any other White background
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups:
- White and Black Caribbean
- White and Black African
- White and Asian
- Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background
Asian/Asian British:
- Indian
- Pakistani
- Bangladeshi
- Chinese
- Any other Asian background
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British:
- African
- Caribbean
- Any other Black/African/Caribbean background
Other ethnic group:
- Arab
- Any other ethnic group
For data analysed both by ethnicity and by local authority, the following 2 categories have been used:
- White – White ethnic groups (including White British and White ethnic minorities)
- Other – all other ethnic minorities
This is because the number of people surveyed to generate estimates for the population as a whole becomes too small to be reliable when broken down both by ethnicity (in either detailed or broad categories) and by another factor like local authority.
2. New social housing lettings by ethnicity
Ethnicity | % | Social housing lettings | Population (2015 estimate) |
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Asian | 4.5 | 15,938 | 8.1 |
Bangladeshi | 0.9 | 3,332 | 0.9 |
Chinese | 0.2 | 630 | 0.7 |
Indian | 0.8 | 2,686 | 2.7 |
Pakistani | 1.4 | 5,051 | 2.2 |
Asian other | 1.2 | 4,239 | 1.6 |
Black | 7.2 | 25,801 | 3.7 |
Black African | 3.8 | 13,492 | 2.0 |
Black Caribbean | 2.5 | 8,987 | 1.1 |
Black other | 0.9 | 3,322 | 0.6 |
Mixed | 3.0 | 10,648 | 2.6 |
Mixed White/Asian | 0.4 | 1,272 | 0.7 |
Mixed White/Black African | 0.5 | 1,754 | 0.4 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 1.4 | 5,098 | 0.9 |
Mixed other | 0.7 | 2,524 | 0.6 |
White | 83.6 | 297,383 | 84.6 |
White British | 78.7 | 280,045 | 78.8 |
White Irish | 0.6 | 2,041 | 0.9 |
White Gypsy/Traveller | 0.1 | 357 | 0.1 |
White other | 4.2 | 14,940 | 4.7 |
Other | 1.7 | 6,128 | 1.1 |
Arab | 0.5 | 1,744 | 0.4 |
Any other | 1.2 | 4,384 | 0.6 |
Download table data for ‘New social housing lettings by ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘New social housing lettings by ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of New social housing lettings New social housing lettings by ethnicity Summary
This data shows that:
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there were 355,898 new social housing lettings in 2015/16
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out of the specific ethnic groups, White British households had the most new social housing lettings, with around 280,000 (or 78.7% of all new lettings) – for context, White British households accounted for 78.8% of the population of England
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White Gypsy or Irish Traveller households had the least new social housing lettings, with 357 lettings (or 0.1% of all new lettings) – for context, White Gypsy or Irish Traveller households accounted for 0.1% of the population of England
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Asian households were underrepresented in new social housing lettings – Indian and Pakistani households had 0.8% and 1.4% of new social housing lettings respectively, while they accounted for 2.7% and 2.2% respectively of the population of England
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Black households were overrepresented in new social housing lettings – Black African and Black Caribbean ethnic groups, which had 3.8% and 2.5% of new social housing lettings respectively, while they accounted for 2.0% and 1.1% respectively of the population of England
3. New social housing lettings by ethnicity and income
Less than £100 | £100 to £199 | £200 to £299 | £300 to £399 | £400 to £499 | £500 to £599 | £600 and above | ||||||||
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Ethnicity | Less than £100 % | Less than £100 Social housing lettings | £100 to £199 % | £100 to £199 Social housing lettings | £200 to £299 % | £200 to £299 Social housing lettings | £300 to £399 % | £300 to £399 Social housing lettings | £400 to £499 % | £400 to £499 Social housing lettings | £500 to £599 % | £500 to £599 Social housing lettings | £600 and above % | £600 and above Social housing lettings |
Asian | 24.7 | 2,318 | 24.8 | 2,330 | 21.3 | 2,001 | 14.4 | 1,354 | 8.3 | 775 | 3.9 | 370 | 2.6 | 243 |
Bangladeshi | 15.8 | 269 | 24.5 | 417 | 22.9 | 390 | 18.4 | 313 | 10.5 | 178 | 4.9 | 83 | 3.0 | 51 |
Chinese | 15.8 | 51 | 33.2 | 108 | 28.3 | 92 | 10.7 | 35 | 8.2 | 27 | 2.5 | 8 | 1.3 | 4 |
Indian | 25.4 | 415 | 27.1 | 444 | 20.0 | 326 | 13.8 | 226 | 7.9 | 129 | 2.9 | 48 | 2.8 | 46 |
Pakistani | 26.6 | 854 | 22.1 | 710 | 21.3 | 682 | 15.2 | 487 | 8.8 | 284 | 3.8 | 122 | 2.2 | 69 |
Asian other | 28.9 | 729 | 25.8 | 651 | 20.2 | 511 | 11.6 | 293 | 6.2 | 157 | 4.3 | 109 | 2.9 | 72 |
Black | 28.9 | 4,428 | 23.1 | 3,544 | 18.7 | 2,872 | 14.1 | 2,159 | 7.9 | 1,214 | 3.9 | 592 | 3.4 | 519 |
Black African | 27.4 | 2,265 | 20.6 | 1,700 | 18.7 | 1,544 | 15.3 | 1,266 | 9.4 | 776 | 4.6 | 382 | 4.0 | 329 |
Black Caribbean | 32.5 | 1,727 | 26.0 | 1,383 | 18.6 | 988 | 12.1 | 641 | 5.7 | 302 | 2.9 | 153 | 2.3 | 124 |
Black other | 24.9 | 436 | 26.4 | 461 | 19.4 | 340 | 14.4 | 252 | 7.8 | 136 | 3.3 | 57 | 3.8 | 66 |
Mixed | 31.4 | 1,978 | 25.7 | 1,621 | 19.9 | 1,254 | 11.7 | 738 | 6.0 | 379 | 3.0 | 190 | 2.4 | 149 |
Mixed White/Asian | 33.4 | 264 | 26.5 | 210 | 18.9 | 150 | 9.0 | 72 | 7.1 | 56 | 2.7 | 21 | 2.3 | 18 |
Mixed White/Black African | 26.5 | 274 | 25.7 | 266 | 19.3 | 199 | 13.8 | 143 | 7.0 | 73 | 3.9 | 41 | 3.7 | 39 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 35.9 | 1,106 | 26.8 | 825 | 18.5 | 569 | 10.3 | 317 | 4.9 | 150 | 2.1 | 65 | 1.6 | 49 |
Mixed other | 23.8 | 334 | 22.8 | 320 | 23.9 | 336 | 14.7 | 206 | 7.1 | 100 | 4.5 | 63 | 3.1 | 43 |
White | 21.5 | 35,155 | 27.8 | 45,585 | 22.6 | 37,043 | 13.5 | 22,172 | 7.3 | 11,925 | 4.2 | 6,868 | 3.1 | 5,083 |
White British | 22.1 | 33,993 | 28.5 | 43,791 | 22.5 | 34,658 | 13.2 | 20,238 | 6.9 | 10,669 | 3.9 | 5,972 | 2.9 | 4,529 |
White Irish | 25.4 | 283 | 33.7 | 375 | 20.1 | 224 | 10.9 | 121 | 5.1 | 57 | 2.4 | 26 | 2.4 | 27 |
White Gypsy/Traveller | 26.8 | 54 | 28.8 | 58 | 22.7 | 45 | 10.4 | 21 | 7.7 | 15 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.5 | 3 |
White other | 9.5 | 825 | 15.7 | 1,361 | 24.4 | 2,116 | 20.7 | 1,792 | 13.7 | 1,184 | 10.0 | 866 | 6.0 | 524 |
Other | 34.7 | 1,271 | 24.9 | 910 | 17.4 | 635 | 11.0 | 401 | 6.9 | 251 | 3.4 | 125 | 1.8 | 65 |
Arab | 40.4 | 426 | 22.8 | 240 | 16.2 | 171 | 9.7 | 102 | 6.3 | 67 | 3.1 | 33 | 1.5 | 16 |
Any other | 32.5 | 845 | 25.7 | 670 | 17.8 | 464 | 11.5 | 299 | 7.1 | 184 | 3.5 | 92 | 1.9 | 49 |
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Summary of New social housing lettings New social housing lettings by ethnicity and income Summary
This data shows that:
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the ethnic groups with the highest percentage of households earning less than £200 per week were Arab, and Mixed White and Black Caribbean, at 63.2% and 62.7% respectively
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the ethnic groups with the lowest percentage of households earning less than £200 per week were Other White, at 25.2%
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16.0% of households from the Other White ethnic group earned more than £500 per week, the highest percentage for any ethnic group within this income bracket
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3.5% of Gypsy/Irish Traveller households earned more than £500 per week, the lowest percentage for any ethnic group within this income bracket
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40.4% of households from the Arab ethnic group earned less than £100 per week, the highest percentage for any ethnic group within this income bracket
4. New social housing lettings by ethnicity and area
Ethnicity | North East | North West | Yorkshire & Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | East of England | London | South East | South West |
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% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Asian | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 12.2 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
Bangladeshi | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Chinese | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Indian | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Pakistani | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
Asian other | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
Black | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 29.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
Black African | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 14.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
Black Caribbean | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 11.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
Black other | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
Mixed | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
Mixed White/Asian | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Mixed White/Black African | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Mixed other | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
White | 95.1 | 89.7 | 86.9 | 88.8 | 78.8 | 89.6 | 47.8 | 89.8 | 93.4 |
White British | 93.4 | 85.2 | 82.4 | 84.1 | 74.1 | 84.2 | 38.7 | 85.5 | 89.9 |
White Irish | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
White Gypsy/Traveller | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
White other | 1.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
Other | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Arab | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Any other | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
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Summary of New social housing lettings New social housing lettings by ethnicity and area Summary
This data shows that:
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in all areas of England, compared to latest population estimates Black households were over-represented in new social housing lettings, and Asian households were under-represented
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in London, Black Caribbean households were over-represented in new social housing lettings (they accounted for 11.3% of new lettings, compared with 4.1% of the population), as were Black African households (14.2% of lettings, compared with 7.3% of the population)
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in London, White British households were under-represented in new social housing lettings (they accounted for 38.4% of new lettings, compared with 43.8% of the population), as were Other White households (7.5% of lettings, compared with 12.7% of the population) and Asian Indian households (1.8% of lettings, compared with 6.6% of the population)
5. New social housing lettings by ethnicity and local authority
White | Other | |||||
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Local authority | White % | White Social housing lettings | White Population estimate (2015) | Other % | Other Social housing lettings | Other Population estimate (2015) |
Hartlepool | 98.1 | 1,318 | 97.5 | 1.9 | 26 | 2.5 |
Middlesbrough | 91.9 | 1,834 | 87.3 | 8.1 | 162 | 12.7 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 97.7 | 1,738 | 98.4 | 2.3 | 41 | 1.6 |
Stockton-on-Tees | 94.0 | 1,463 | 94.2 | 6.0 | 94 | 5.8 |
Darlington | 96.7 | 1,083 | 96.0 | 3.2 | 36 | 4.0 |
Halton | 98.0 | 1,457 | 97.7 | 2.0 | 30 | 2.3 |
Warrington | 92.7 | 1,329 | 95.6 | 7.3 | 104 | 4.4 |
Blackburn with Darwen | 85.4 | 1,317 | 67.8 | 14.6 | 226 | 32.2 |
Blackpool | 97.9 | 1,025 | 96.4 | 2.1 | 22 | 3.6 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | 93.6 | 3,804 | 93.7 | 6.4 | 262 | 6.3 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 99.0 | 1,344 | 97.9 | 1.0 | 14 | 2.1 |
North East Lincolnshire | 98.5 | 1,591 | 97.2 | 1.5 | 24 | 2.8 |
North Lincolnshire | 97.4 | 1,370 | 95.7 | 2.6 | 36 | 4.3 |
York | 96.0 | 906 | 94.0 | 4.0 | 38 | 6.0 |
Derby | 79.9 | 1,720 | 79.2 | 20.1 | 432 | 20.8 |
Leicester | 62.1 | 1,608 | 49.3 | 37.9 | 983 | 50.7 |
Rutland | 94.7 | 161 | 97.1 | 5.3 | 9 | 2.9 |
Nottingham | 71.6 | 2,655 | 69.9 | 28.4 | 1,052 | 30.1 |
Herefordshire, County of | 98.7 | 947 | 98.1 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.9 |
Telford and Wrekin | 95.0 | 1,320 | 92.3 | 5.0 | 70 | 7.7 |
Stoke-on-Trent | 86.2 | 3,023 | 87.8 | 13.8 | 483 | 12.2 |
Bath and North East Somerset | 94.6 | 989 | 94.4 | 5.4 | 57 | 5.6 |
Bristol, City of | 76.6 | 2,875 | 82.7 | 23.4 | 877 | 17.3 |
North Somerset | 95.1 | 940 | 97.1 | 4.9 | 48 | 2.9 |
South Gloucestershire | 92.3 | 971 | 94.5 | 7.7 | 81 | 5.5 |
Plymouth | 94.5 | 1,895 | 96.0 | 5.5 | 111 | 4.0 |
Torbay | 97.5 | 741 | 97.3 | 2.5 | 19 | 2.7 |
Bournemouth | 92.3 | 776 | 91.4 | 7.8 | 66 | 8.6 |
Poole | 97.9 | 458 | 95.6 | 2.4 | 11 | 4.4 |
Swindon | 89.2 | 1,460 | 89.3 | 10.8 | 176 | 10.7 |
Peterborough | 85.0 | 1,336 | 81.6 | 15.0 | 236 | 18.4 |
Luton | 57.8 | 671 | 52.7 | 42.2 | 490 | 47.3 |
Southend-on-Sea | 91.9 | 733 | 91.1 | 8.0 | 64 | 8.9 |
Thurrock | 86.9 | 839 | 84.9 | 13.1 | 126 | 15.1 |
Medway | 91.5 | 1,279 | 89.2 | 8.6 | 120 | 10.8 |
Bracknell Forest | 92.5 | 516 | 90.1 | 7.5 | 42 | 9.9 |
West Berkshire | 94.8 | 797 | 94.5 | 5.2 | 44 | 5.5 |
Reading | 71.9 | 559 | 73.4 | 28.1 | 218 | 26.6 |
Slough | 51.4 | 385 | 44.5 | 48.6 | 364 | 55.5 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 84.8 | 407 | 85.4 | 15.2 | 73 | 14.6 |
Wokingham | 84.5 | 240 | 87.6 | 15.5 | 44 | 12.4 |
Milton Keynes | 74.6 | 942 | 78.8 | 25.4 | 320 | 21.2 |
Brighton and Hove | 88.7 | 1,222 | 88.3 | 11.3 | 155 | 11.7 |
Portsmouth | 89.9 | 1,340 | 87.8 | 10.1 | 151 | 12.2 |
Southampton | 88.2 | 1,964 | 85.3 | 11.8 | 263 | 14.7 |
Isle of Wight | 99.3 | 689 | 97.2 | 0.7 | 5 | 2.8 |
County Durham | 98.9 | 5,367 | 98.1 | 1.1 | 60 | 1.9 |
Cheshire East | 96.3 | 2,423 | 96.5 | 3.7 | 93 | 3.5 |
Cheshire West and Chester | 98.0 | 2,412 | 97.2 | 2.0 | 48 | 2.8 |
Shropshire | 97.8 | 1,894 | 97.9 | 2.3 | 44 | 2.1 |
Cornwall | 98.2 | 2,764 | 98.1 | 1.7 | 49 | 1.9 |
Isles of Scilly | 100.0 | 9 | 98.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.9 |
Wiltshire | 93.9 | 2,339 | 96.4 | 6.1 | 152 | 3.6 |
Bedford | 74.7 | 864 | 79.4 | 25.3 | 292 | 20.6 |
Central Bedfordshire | 91.1 | 1,022 | 93.4 | 8.9 | 100 | 6.6 |
Northumberland | 98.7 | 2,964 | 98.3 | 1.3 | 38 | 1.7 |
Aylesbury Vale | 80.9 | 888 | 88.7 | 19.1 | 209 | 11.3 |
Chiltern | 82.3 | 247 | 90.8 | 17.7 | 53 | 9.2 |
South Buckinghamshire | 91.1 | 133 | 83.4 | 8.9 | 13 | 16.6 |
Wycombe | 77.7 | 530 | 80.2 | 22.3 | 152 | 19.8 |
Cambridge | 81.2 | 810 | 81.4 | 18.8 | 187 | 18.6 |
East Cambridgeshire | 94.2 | 503 | 96.0 | 5.8 | 31 | 4.0 |
Fenland | 96.2 | 530 | 97.2 | 3.8 | 21 | 2.8 |
Huntingdonshire | 93.6 | 729 | 94.5 | 6.4 | 50 | 5.5 |
South Cambridgeshire | 93.8 | 578 | 92.7 | 6.2 | 38 | 7.3 |
Allerdale | 99.3 | 946 | 98.9 | 0.7 | 7 | 1.1 |
Barrow-in-Furness | 97.8 | 401 | 98.3 | 2.0 | 8 | 1.7 |
Carlisle | 98.2 | 854 | 98.0 | 1.8 | 16 | 2.0 |
Copeland | 99.5 | 578 | 98.4 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.6 |
Eden | 99.2 | 367 | 98.9 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.1 |
South Lakeland | 97.9 | 518 | 98.3 | 2.1 | 11 | 1.7 |
Amber Valley | 97.4 | 854 | 98.0 | 2.6 | 23 | 2.0 |
Bolsover | 97.7 | 561 | 98.0 | 2.4 | 14 | 2.0 |
Chesterfield | 97.7 | 1,177 | 96.3 | 2.3 | 28 | 3.7 |
Derbyshire Dales | 98.1 | 362 | 98.5 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.5 |
Erewash | 96.0 | 655 | 96.9 | 4.0 | 27 | 3.1 |
High Peak | 98.3 | 463 | 97.8 | 1.7 | 8 | 2.2 |
North East Derbyshire | 98.2 | 769 | 97.9 | 1.8 | 14 | 2.1 |
South Derbyshire | 95.5 | 466 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 22 | 4.5 |
East Devon | 99.1 | 575 | 98.2 | 0.9 | 5 | 1.8 |
Exeter | 95.3 | 855 | 92.9 | 4.7 | 42 | 7.1 |
Mid Devon | 99.1 | 341 | 98.6 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.4 |
North Devon | 98.6 | 416 | 97.8 | 1.4 | 6 | 2.2 |
South Hampshire | 98.9 | 279 | 98.2 | 1.1 | 3 | 1.8 |
Teignbridge | 99.2 | 468 | 98.2 | 0.8 | 4 | 1.8 |
Torridge | 97.6 | 245 | 98.6 | 2.4 | 6 | 1.4 |
West Devon | 97.9 | 191 | 98.4 | 2.1 | 4 | 1.6 |
Christchurch | 97.1 | 132 | 97.3 | 2.9 | 4 | 2.7 |
East Dorset | 97.6 | 245 | 98.0 | 2.4 | 6 | 2.0 |
North Dorset | 97.2 | 348 | 97.5 | 2.8 | 10 | 2.5 |
Purbeck | withheld to protect confidentiality | 195 | 98.4 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1.6 |
West Dorset | 97.9 | 570 | 97.9 | 2.1 | 12 | 2.1 |
Weymouth and Portland | 98.5 | 262 | 97.3 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.7 |
Eastbourne | 96.2 | 426 | 93.7 | 3.8 | 17 | 6.3 |
Hastings | 94.8 | 589 | 93.4 | 5.2 | 32 | 6.6 |
Lewes | 96.9 | 311 | 96.4 | 3.1 | 10 | 3.6 |
Rother | 96.8 | 269 | 96.9 | 3.2 | 9 | 3.1 |
Wealden | 97.2 | 489 | 97.4 | 2.8 | 14 | 2.6 |
Basildon | 94.1 | 1,062 | 92.1 | 5.9 | 67 | 7.9 |
Braintree | 96.6 | 774 | 96.4 | 3.4 | 27 | 3.6 |
Brentwood | 92.8 | 233 | 93.1 | 7.2 | 18 | 6.9 |
Castle Point | 97.8 | 135 | 96.7 | 2.2 | 3 | 3.3 |
Chelmsford | 92.8 | 604 | 93.5 | 7.2 | 47 | 6.5 |
Colchester | 91.2 | 942 | 91.6 | 8.7 | 90 | 8.4 |
Epping Forest | 88.9 | 392 | 90.0 | 11.1 | 49 | 10.0 |
Harlow | 89.7 | 660 | 88.5 | 10.3 | 76 | 11.5 |
Maldon | 98.4 | 247 | 98.0 | 1.6 | 4 | 2.0 |
Rochford | withheld to protect confidentiality | 196 | 97.0 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 3.0 |
Tendring | 97.4 | 416 | 97.4 | 2.6 | 11 | 2.6 |
Uttlesford | 95.0 | 345 | 96.4 | 5.0 | 18 | 3.6 |
Cheltenham | 95.5 | 696 | 93.9 | 4.5 | 33 | 6.1 |
Cotswold | 97.2 | 450 | 97.6 | 2.8 | 13 | 2.4 |
Forest of Dean | 99.0 | 512 | 98.3 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.7 |
Gloucester | 88.2 | 870 | 88.6 | 11.8 | 116 | 11.4 |
Stroud | 96.5 | 553 | 97.8 | 3.5 | 20 | 2.2 |
Tewkesbury | 95.1 | 442 | 97.2 | 4.9 | 23 | 2.8 |
Basingstoke and Deane | 94.8 | 901 | 92.4 | 5.2 | 49 | 7.6 |
East Hampshire | 94.6 | 435 | 96.4 | 5.4 | 25 | 3.6 |
Eastleigh | 95.5 | 381 | 94.3 | 4.5 | 18 | 5.7 |
Fareham | 97.2 | 516 | 96.5 | 2.6 | 14 | 3.5 |
Gosport | 97.2 | 558 | 96.1 | 2.8 | 16 | 3.9 |
Hart | 96.3 | 335 | 94.5 | 3.7 | 13 | 5.5 |
Havant | 96.7 | 683 | 96.9 | 3.1 | 22 | 3.1 |
New Forest | 98.8 | 413 | 97.4 | 1.2 | 5 | 2.6 |
Rushmoor | 89.4 | 336 | 84.5 | 10.6 | 40 | 15.5 |
Test Valley | 94.8 | 652 | 95.6 | 5.2 | 36 | 4.4 |
Winchester | 95.9 | 654 | 95.5 | 4.1 | 28 | 4.5 |
Broxbourne | 86.8 | 354 | 89.7 | 13.2 | 54 | 10.3 |
Dacorum | 90.5 | 891 | 90.1 | 9.6 | 94 | 9.9 |
Hertsmere | 84.3 | 467 | 84.3 | 15.7 | 87 | 15.7 |
North Hertfordshire | 88.4 | 593 | 89.0 | 11.6 | 78 | 11.0 |
Three Rivers | 90.9 | 289 | 85.6 | 9.1 | 29 | 14.4 |
Watford | 77.1 | 424 | 70.5 | 22.9 | 126 | 29.5 |
Ashford | 93.3 | 641 | 93.4 | 6.6 | 45 | 6.6 |
Canterbury | 94.5 | 670 | 93.0 | 5.5 | 39 | 7.0 |
Dartford | 88.3 | 338 | 86.6 | 11.5 | 44 | 13.4 |
Dover | 97.5 | 585 | 96.5 | 2.5 | 15 | 3.5 |
Gravesham | 87.6 | 360 | 81.9 | 12.4 | 51 | 18.1 |
Maidstone | 89.8 | 798 | 93.7 | 10.2 | 91 | 6.3 |
Sevenoaks | 95.4 | 433 | 95.5 | 4.6 | 21 | 4.5 |
Shepway | 93.9 | 449 | 94.5 | 6.1 | 29 | 5.5 |
Swale | 96.4 | 532 | 96.3 | 3.6 | 20 | 3.7 |
Thanet | 94.1 | 586 | 95.3 | 5.9 | 37 | 4.7 |
Tonbridge and Malling | 97.5 | 575 | 95.7 | 2.5 | 15 | 4.3 |
Tunbridge Wells | 93.9 | 705 | 94.7 | 6.1 | 46 | 5.3 |
Burnley | 91.3 | 929 | 86.4 | 8.7 | 89 | 13.6 |
Chorley | 97.3 | 779 | 96.7 | 2.7 | 22 | 3.3 |
Fylde | 98.5 | 258 | 97.3 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.7 |
Hyndburn | 97.0 | 643 | 86.9 | 3.0 | 20 | 13.1 |
Lancaster | 98.1 | 1,041 | 95.5 | 1.9 | 20 | 4.5 |
Pendle | 93.3 | 588 | 78.6 | 6.7 | 42 | 21.4 |
Preston | 92.2 | 1,330 | 79.2 | 7.8 | 113 | 20.8 |
Ribble Valley | 98.9 | 259 | 97.8 | 1.1 | 3 | 2.2 |
Rossendale | 98.1 | 525 | 93.2 | 1.9 | 10 | 6.8 |
South Ribble | 97.5 | 658 | 96.9 | 2.5 | 17 | 3.1 |
West Lancashire | 98.5 | 905 | 98.1 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.9 |
Wyre | 96.9 | 436 | 98.1 | 3.1 | 14 | 1.9 |
Blaby | 94.3 | 394 | 90.4 | 5.7 | 24 | 9.6 |
Charnwood | 90.4 | 831 | 86.9 | 9.5 | 87 | 13.1 |
Harborough | 95.8 | 323 | 95.0 | 4.2 | 14 | 5.0 |
Hinckley and Bosworth | 96.7 | 444 | 96.2 | 3.3 | 15 | 3.8 |
Melton | 98.0 | 301 | 97.8 | 2.0 | 6 | 2.2 |
North West Leicestershire | 97.3 | 679 | 97.4 | 2.7 | 19 | 2.6 |
Oadby and Wigston | 92.6 | 113 | 71.7 | 7.4 | 9 | 28.3 |
Boston | 98.0 | 443 | 96.6 | 2.0 | 9 | 3.4 |
East Lindsey | 98.7 | 971 | 98.4 | 1.3 | 13 | 1.6 |
Lincoln | 97.7 | 1,196 | 95.4 | 2.4 | 29 | 4.6 |
North Kesteven | 98.9 | 363 | 98.1 | 1.1 | 4 | 1.9 |
South Holland | 98.6 | 420 | 97.7 | 1.4 | 6 | 2.3 |
South Kesteven | 97.1 | 780 | 97.4 | 3.0 | 24 | 2.6 |
West Lindsey | 98.3 | 567 | 98.1 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.9 |
Breckland | 96.3 | 628 | 97.3 | 3.7 | 24 | 2.7 |
Broadland | 95.8 | 366 | 97.5 | 4.2 | 16 | 2.5 |
Great Yarmouth | 96.6 | 603 | 96.6 | 3.4 | 21 | 3.4 |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 97.9 | 885 | 97.0 | 2.1 | 19 | 3.0 |
North Norfolk | 98.4 | 379 | 98.6 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.4 |
Norwich | 90.5 | 1,480 | 90.3 | 9.5 | 155 | 9.7 |
South Norfolk | 98.0 | 529 | 97.3 | 2.0 | 11 | 2.7 |
Corby | 96.0 | 577 | 95.3 | 4.0 | 24 | 4.7 |
Daventry | 95.9 | 373 | 96.4 | 4.1 | 16 | 3.6 |
East Northamptonshire | 96.7 | 469 | 96.5 | 3.3 | 16 | 3.5 |
Kettering | 94.0 | 612 | 93.5 | 6.0 | 39 | 6.5 |
Northampton | 81.3 | 1,234 | 83.8 | 18.7 | 283 | 16.2 |
South Northamptonshire | 96.9 | 280 | 96.7 | 3.1 | 9 | 3.3 |
Wellingborough | 84.9 | 405 | 86.8 | 15.1 | 72 | 13.2 |
Craven | 98.3 | 290 | 97.2 | 1.7 | 5 | 2.8 |
Hambleton | 98.4 | 552 | 98.1 | 1.6 | 9 | 1.9 |
Harrogate | 96.3 | 651 | 96.2 | 3.8 | 26 | 3.8 |
Richmondshire | 98.9 | 275 | 95.0 | 1.1 | 3 | 5.0 |
Ryedale | 99.0 | 311 | 98.6 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.4 |
Scarborough | 98.0 | 819 | 97.2 | 2.0 | 17 | 2.8 |
Selby | 97.9 | 373 | 98.2 | 2.1 | 8 | 1.8 |
Ashfield | 98.3 | 876 | 97.5 | 1.7 | 15 | 2.5 |
Bassetlaw | 96.8 | 797 | 97.2 | 3.2 | 26 | 2.8 |
Broxtowe | 94.1 | 590 | 92.2 | 5.7 | 36 | 7.8 |
Gedling | 93.9 | 550 | 92.5 | 6.1 | 36 | 7.5 |
Mansfield | 97.5 | 1,065 | 97.0 | 2.5 | 27 | 3.0 |
Newark and Sherwood | 97.2 | 705 | 97.3 | 2.8 | 20 | 2.7 |
Rushcliffe | 90.9 | 290 | 92.6 | 9.1 | 29 | 7.4 |
Cherwell | 88.3 | 596 | 91.7 | 11.7 | 79 | 8.3 |
Oxford | 73.2 | 674 | 75.8 | 26.8 | 247 | 24.2 |
South Oxfordshire | 95.7 | 508 | 95.8 | 4.3 | 23 | 4.2 |
Vale of White Horse | 91.4 | 708 | 94.4 | 8.6 | 67 | 5.6 |
West Oxfordshire | 97.5 | 436 | 96.6 | 2.5 | 11 | 3.4 |
Mendip | 97.9 | 612 | 97.9 | 2.1 | 13 | 2.1 |
Sedgemoor | 98.0 | 636 | 98.3 | 1.8 | 12 | 1.7 |
South Somerset | 98.8 | 1,199 | 97.9 | 1.2 | 15 | 2.1 |
Taunton Deane | 97.0 | 1,059 | 97.1 | 3.0 | 33 | 2.9 |
West Somerset | withheld to protect confidentiality | 207 | 98.6 | withheld to protect confidentiality | withheld to protect confidentiality | 1.4 |
Cannock Chase | 98.6 | 625 | 97.6 | 1.4 | 9 | 2.4 |
East Staffordshire | 91.6 | 631 | 89.5 | 8.4 | 58 | 10.5 |
Lichfield | 97.1 | 496 | 96.6 | 2.9 | 15 | 3.4 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | 96.0 | 905 | 94.8 | 4.0 | 38 | 5.2 |
South Staffordshire | 95.7 | 550 | 95.6 | 4.3 | 25 | 4.4 |
Stafford | 96.1 | 1,184 | 94.7 | 3.9 | 48 | 5.3 |
Staffordshire Moorlands | 97.3 | 397 | 98.6 | 2.7 | 11 | 1.4 |
Tamworth | 98.0 | 402 | 97.2 | 2.0 | 8 | 2.8 |
Babergh | 96.9 | 400 | 97.7 | 3.4 | 14 | 2.3 |
Forest Heath | 96.6 | 309 | 91.4 | 3.4 | 11 | 8.6 |
Ipswich | 83.4 | 1,165 | 88.3 | 16.6 | 232 | 11.7 |
Mid Suffolk | 98.1 | 417 | 97.7 | 1.9 | 8 | 2.3 |
St Edmundsbury | 96.6 | 777 | 95.9 | 3.4 | 27 | 4.1 |
Suffolk Coastal | 96.2 | 581 | 96.3 | 3.8 | 23 | 3.7 |
Waveney | 97.5 | 695 | 97.5 | 2.5 | 18 | 2.5 |
Elmbridge | 89.0 | 276 | 89.8 | 11.0 | 34 | 10.2 |
Epsom and Ewell | 82.9 | 107 | 85.2 | 17.1 | 22 | 14.8 |
Guildford | 94.8 | 623 | 90.4 | 5.3 | 35 | 9.6 |
Mole Valley | 96.1 | 348 | 94.7 | 3.9 | 14 | 5.3 |
Reigate and Banstead | 85.3 | 463 | 90.0 | 14.7 | 80 | 10.0 |
Runnymede | 87.4 | 341 | 88.6 | 12.3 | 48 | 11.4 |
Spelthorne | 87.4 | 326 | 86.4 | 12.6 | 47 | 13.6 |
Surrey Heath | 85.5 | 195 | 89.7 | 14.5 | 33 | 10.3 |
Tandridge | 90.8 | 208 | 93.5 | 9.2 | 21 | 6.5 |
Waverley | 94.0 | 392 | 95.9 | 6.2 | 26 | 4.1 |
Woking | 80.6 | 304 | 82.7 | 19.4 | 73 | 17.3 |
North Warwickshire | 95.8 | 274 | 97.8 | 3.8 | 11 | 2.2 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth | 95.0 | 928 | 90.9 | 5.0 | 49 | 9.1 |
Rugby | 91.5 | 444 | 90.1 | 8.5 | 41 | 9.9 |
Stratford-on-Avon | 98.1 | 604 | 97.2 | 1.9 | 12 | 2.8 |
Warwick | 91.9 | 758 | 88.6 | 8.0 | 66 | 11.4 |
Adur | 90.9 | 199 | 95.5 | 9.1 | 20 | 4.5 |
Arun | 97.1 | 537 | 96.8 | 3.1 | 17 | 3.2 |
Chichester | 95.1 | 616 | 96.7 | 4.9 | 32 | 3.3 |
Crawley | 76.1 | 452 | 78.8 | 23.9 | 142 | 21.2 |
Horsham | 94.6 | 564 | 95.7 | 5.4 | 32 | 4.3 |
Mid Sussex | 94.1 | 434 | 94.7 | 5.9 | 27 | 5.3 |
Worthing | 88.8 | 318 | 93.3 | 11.2 | 40 | 6.7 |
Bromsgrove | 95.6 | 474 | 95.5 | 4.4 | 22 | 4.5 |
Malvern Hills | 97.9 | 368 | 97.6 | 2.1 | 8 | 2.4 |
Redditch | 92.4 | 800 | 91.5 | 7.6 | 66 | 8.5 |
Worcester | 93.4 | 906 | 93.0 | 6.6 | 64 | 7.0 |
Wychavon | 98.5 | 647 | 97.7 | 1.5 | 10 | 2.3 |
Wyre Forest | 97.3 | 617 | 97.1 | 2.7 | 17 | 2.9 |
St Albans | 79.1 | 427 | 87.7 | 20.9 | 113 | 12.3 |
Welwyn Hatfield | 87.3 | 647 | 83.5 | 12.7 | 94 | 16.5 |
East Hertfordshire | 92.6 | 547 | 95.3 | 7.4 | 44 | 4.7 |
Stevenage | 93.1 | 349 | 87.1 | 6.9 | 26 | 12.9 |
Bolton | 86.3 | 2,550 | 80.8 | 13.7 | 406 | 19.2 |
Bury | 89.0 | 1,226 | 88.4 | 11.0 | 151 | 11.6 |
Manchester | 64.3 | 3,377 | 64.7 | 35.7 | 1,873 | 35.3 |
Oldham | 81.7 | 1,515 | 75.8 | 18.3 | 339 | 24.2 |
Rochdale | 83.9 | 2,269 | 80.6 | 16.1 | 437 | 19.4 |
Salford | 82.7 | 2,399 | 89.4 | 17.3 | 501 | 10.6 |
Stockport | 92.9 | 1,536 | 91.6 | 7.1 | 118 | 8.4 |
Tameside | 88.7 | 2,169 | 90.3 | 11.3 | 275 | 9.7 |
Trafford | 85.2 | 1,057 | 84.7 | 14.8 | 183 | 15.3 |
Wigan | 95.9 | 2,786 | 97.1 | 4.1 | 120 | 2.9 |
Knowsley | 98.6 | 1,513 | 97.0 | 1.4 | 21 | 3.0 |
Liverpool | 83.7 | 4,940 | 88.3 | 16.3 | 963 | 11.7 |
St. Helens | 98.3 | 2,184 | 97.9 | 1.7 | 37 | 2.1 |
Sefton | 96.9 | 1,943 | 97.2 | 3.1 | 63 | 2.8 |
Wirral | 97.5 | 3,223 | 96.8 | 2.5 | 84 | 3.2 |
Barnsley | 95.0 | 1,983 | 97.7 | 5.0 | 105 | 2.3 |
Doncaster | 94.5 | 2,594 | 94.9 | 5.5 | 151 | 5.1 |
Rotherham | 94.6 | 2,793 | 93.1 | 5.4 | 159 | 6.9 |
Sheffield | 76.8 | 6,038 | 82.6 | 23.2 | 1,821 | 17.4 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 83.4 | 3,546 | 84.7 | 16.6 | 707 | 15.3 |
North Tyneside | 97.1 | 1,916 | 96.4 | 2.9 | 58 | 3.6 |
South Tyneside | 96.8 | 2,217 | 95.7 | 3.2 | 74 | 4.3 |
Sunderland | 97.4 | 3,489 | 95.6 | 2.6 | 94 | 4.4 |
Birmingham | 55.2 | 6,232 | 56.0 | 44.8 | 5,065 | 44.0 |
Coventry | 75.1 | 2,175 | 72.6 | 24.9 | 720 | 27.4 |
Dudley | 84.4 | 2,291 | 89.3 | 15.6 | 425 | 10.7 |
Sandwell | 72.2 | 2,541 | 68.5 | 27.8 | 976 | 31.5 |
Solihull | 90.7 | 1,009 | 88.5 | 9.4 | 104 | 11.5 |
Walsall | 80.4 | 2,425 | 77.7 | 19.6 | 592 | 22.3 |
Wolverhampton | 68.4 | 2,231 | 66.7 | 31.6 | 1,033 | 33.3 |
Bradford | 80.0 | 3,723 | 65.9 | 20.0 | 929 | 34.1 |
Calderdale | 93.2 | 1,663 | 88.9 | 6.8 | 122 | 11.1 |
Kirklees | 71.5 | 1,977 | 78.0 | 28.5 | 788 | 22.0 |
Leeds | 76.9 | 6,528 | 84.1 | 23.1 | 1,960 | 15.9 |
Wakefield | 95.3 | 2,826 | 95.1 | 4.7 | 138 | 4.9 |
Gateshead | 94.3 | 2,559 | 96.0 | 5.7 | 155 | 4.0 |
City of London | 49.2 | 31 | 62.6 | 50.8 | 32 | 37.4 |
Barking and Dagenham | 57.6 | 573 | 55.8 | 42.5 | 422 | 44.2 |
Barnet | 53.4 | 445 | 63.2 | 46.5 | 388 | 36.8 |
Bexley | 71.0 | 573 | 80.7 | 29.0 | 234 | 19.3 |
Brent | 28.2 | 367 | 35.5 | 71.8 | 934 | 64.5 |
Bromley | 70.6 | 882 | 83.3 | 29.4 | 367 | 16.7 |
Camden | 54.2 | 930 | 64.5 | 45.8 | 787 | 35.5 |
Croydon | 40.4 | 799 | 53.6 | 59.6 | 1,178 | 46.4 |
Ealing | 36.1 | 502 | 48.1 | 63.9 | 890 | 51.9 |
Enfield | 45.5 | 549 | 59.6 | 54.5 | 657 | 40.4 |
Greenwich | 53.0 | 1,086 | 61.0 | 47.0 | 963 | 39.0 |
Hackney | 47.6 | 1,180 | 54.3 | 52.4 | 1,299 | 45.7 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 46.4 | 700 | 66.6 | 53.6 | 810 | 33.4 |
Haringey | 45.1 | 458 | 59.9 | 54.9 | 557 | 40.1 |
Harrow | 41.8 | 203 | 40.8 | 58.2 | 283 | 59.2 |
Havering | 81.8 | 864 | 86.6 | 18.3 | 193 | 13.4 |
Hillingdon | 59.8 | 804 | 58.7 | 40.2 | 541 | 41.3 |
Hounslow | 46.6 | 493 | 50.4 | 53.4 | 566 | 49.6 |
Islington | 49.5 | 926 | 66.1 | 50.6 | 946 | 33.9 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 44.7 | 450 | 69.7 | 55.3 | 556 | 30.3 |
Kingston upon Thames | 69.0 | 300 | 73.5 | 31.3 | 136 | 26.5 |
Lambeth | 36.3 | 899 | 56.0 | 63.7 | 1,580 | 44.0 |
Lewisham | 37.8 | 693 | 52.2 | 62.2 | 1,141 | 47.8 |
Merton | 52.9 | 361 | 64.2 | 47.1 | 321 | 35.8 |
Newham | 30.2 | 374 | 28.0 | 69.8 | 864 | 72.0 |
Redbridge | 45.4 | 283 | 40.5 | 54.5 | 340 | 59.5 |
Richmond upon Thames | 76.1 | 453 | 85.3 | 23.9 | 142 | 14.7 |
Southwark | 39.0 | 1,036 | 52.8 | 61.0 | 1,620 | 47.2 |
Sutton | 76.3 | 617 | 77.7 | 23.7 | 192 | 22.3 |
Tower Hamlets | 29.8 | 897 | 43.1 | 70.2 | 2,114 | 56.9 |
Waltham Forest | 36.8 | 624 | 51.0 | 63.2 | 1,072 | 49.0 |
Wandsworth | 48.4 | 730 | 70.4 | 51.6 | 779 | 29.6 |
Westminster | 63.8 | 1,809 | 60.4 | 36.2 | 1,028 | 39.6 |
Download table data for ‘New social housing lettings by ethnicity and local authority’ (CSV) Source data for ‘New social housing lettings by ethnicity and local authority’ (CSV)
Summary of New social housing lettings New social housing lettings by ethnicity and local authority Summary
This data shows that:
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most local authorities (306 out of 326) provided a higher number of social housing lettings to White households than to households from other ethnic groups
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all local authorities that let more social housing to ethnic minority households than White households were in London
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the 10 local authorities with the largest over-representation of social housing for White households were all outside London
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the 10 local authorities with the largest under-representation of social housing for White households were all within London
6. New social housing lettings by ethnicity and age group
Ethnicity | 16 - 17 yrs old | 18 - 24 yrs old | 25 - 29 yrs old | 30 - 39 yrs old | 40 - 49 yrs old | 50 - 59 yrs old | 60 - 69 yrs old | 70 - 79 yrs old | 80 + yrs old |
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% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Asian | 1.2 | 13.4 | 15.6 | 33.6 | 18.9 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
Bangladeshi | 0.7 | 13.2 | 18.4 | 37.0 | 18.7 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
Chinese | 0.6 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 27.7 | 21.7 | 11.3 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 6.2 |
Indian | 0.9 | 9.6 | 13.4 | 28.7 | 19.5 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 2.3 |
Pakistani | 1.8 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 35.7 | 16.3 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
Asian other | 1.2 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 32.6 | 21.4 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 1.0 |
Black | 1.3 | 17.1 | 15.3 | 28.0 | 19.9 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
Black African | 1.1 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 31.2 | 22.4 | 9.2 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
Black Caribbean | 1.8 | 19.7 | 14.4 | 23.4 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
Black other | 1.2 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 27.6 | 21.0 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
Mixed | 3.8 | 28.2 | 18.2 | 25.1 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 |
Mixed White/Asian | 3.6 | 25.4 | 15.8 | 28.9 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
Mixed White/Black African | 2.0 | 19.5 | 15.8 | 27.3 | 17.4 | 9.1 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 |
Mixed White/Black Caribbean | 4.7 | 36.1 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
Mixed other | 3.2 | 19.9 | 16.8 | 29.9 | 16.0 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
White | 1.9 | 20.3 | 13.5 | 18.6 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 9.8 | 5.6 | 4.2 |
White British | 1.9 | 20.9 | 13.4 | 17.6 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 5.8 | 4.4 |
White Irish | 1.2 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 11.4 | 6.1 |
White Gypsy/Traveller | 3.9 | 24.9 | 13.0 | 23.5 | 15.9 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
White other | 1.0 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 36.6 | 18.8 | 10.7 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
Other | 1.6 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 31.6 | 19.6 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0.9 |
Arab | 1.4 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 32.7 | 19.8 | 9.8 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
Any other | 1.6 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 31.2 | 19.5 | 9.4 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
Download table data for ‘New social housing lettings by ethnicity and age group’ (CSV) Source data for ‘New social housing lettings by ethnicity and age group’ (CSV)
Summary of New social housing lettings New social housing lettings by ethnicity and age group Summary
This data shows that:
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the Mixed White and Black Caribbean ethnic group had the highest percentage of new lettings to the youngest households – 40.8% of lettings within that ethnic group went to those aged 16 to 25 years
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the Chinese ethnic group had the highest percentage of new lettings to the oldest households – 6.2% of lettings within that ethnic group went to those aged 80 or older
7. Methodology
The three main types of housing tenure in England are:
- owner occupiers
- private renters
- social renters
This data refers to new lettings to social renters only. The data is based on the data collected from providers via the on-line Continuous Recording of Lettings and Sales in Social Housing in England (CORE) system. CORE was first set up in 1989 and initially only required private registered providers (PRPs) to submit social housing lettings and sales information to support the government’s regulatory function. CORE’s remit expanded in 2004 to include local authority information.
Some questions on the CORE questionnaire are not compulsory. In particular, data on household characteristics (age, sex, economic status, ethnicity and nationality) may not be available to the housing officer or may be refused by the tenant.
The totals for new lettings used in this data differs from other published totals for new lettings, as this data does not use estimated data for ethnicity and excludes those where ethnicity was refused.
Information on lettings of social housing in England is provided by local authorities and private registered providers (previously known as housing associations). Information about the tenancy, the tenants and the property is collected by data providers each time there is a new letting of a social housing property.
Weighting:
Weighting is used to adjust the results of a survey to make them representative of the population and improve their accuracy.
For example, a survey which contains 25% females and 75% males will not accurately reflect the views of the general population which we know is around 50% male and 50% female.
Data here has been weighted at the national level, but not at the regional or local authority area level. Weights are calculated for groups of similar local authorities, where these groups are defined by the Office of National Statistics UK area classifications, and they are based on the comparison with data from another Department for Communities and Local Government source on social housing data (Local Authority Housing Statistics).
For further information on weighting, see the Quality Report (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF).
Suppression rules and disclosure control
Values of 1 or 2 have been suppressed, mainly to avoid possible risk of disclosure. This is consistent with the way the confidentiality of data within the Continuous Recording (CORE) system is maintained. The Continuous Recording (CORE) system records information anonymously and maintains absolute confidentiality on tenants’ circumstances. Access to record-level information is only available through a licence agreement.
Further information on CORE disclosure practices can be found on the CORE website (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF).
Rounding
Percentages have been rounded to 1 decimal place. Due to rounding, some totals may not add up to 100%.
Related publications
Social housing lettings in England: April 2015 to March 2016 (revised 30 March 2017)
Quality and methodology information
8. Data sources
Source
Social housing lettings in England: April 2015 to March 2016
Type of data
Administrative data
Type of statistic
National Statistics
Publisher
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Publication frequency
Yearly
Purpose of data source
The aim of Continuous Recording of Lettings and Sales in Social Housing in England (CORE) is to provide information about new social housing lettings, sales, tenants and buyers across England.
This national information is used by government bodies and organisations to inform social housing funding, regulatory and housing policy decisions.
9. Download the data
This file contains the following: ethnicity, income, geography, age, value, numerator, population estimate