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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Dwelling stock estimates percentages by year and tenure
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As at 31 March 2001154747
As at 31 March 2002144747
As at 31 March 2003144758
As at 31 March 2004125758
As at 31 March 2005125758
As at 31 March 2006125759
As at 31 March 2007115759
As at 31 March 20081077410
As at 31 March 2009887211
As at 31 March 2010887212
As at 31 March 20116107113
As at 31 March 20126107014
As at 31 March 2013610(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.70(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.14
As at 31 March 2014610(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.70(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.14
As at 31 March 2015610(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.70(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.14
As at 31 March 2016610(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.70(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.15
As at 31 March 2017610(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.70(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.14
As at 31 March 20186107014
As at 31 March 2019 Estimates of owner-occupied and privately rented stock have been revised due to smoothing of Annual Population Survey data.61070(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales.14
As at 31 March 2020 Estimates of owner-occupied and privately rented stock are provisional and subject to revision following publication of 2020 Annual Population Survey data.610(p) The data item is provisional.70(p) The data item is provisional.14

Metadata

Title

Dwelling Stock Estimates

Last update

September 2020 September 2020

Next update

Not yet confirmed

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Dwelling Stock Estimates, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.housing@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

Estimates of the number of dwellings in Wales by tenure and for each local authority, as at 31 March each year.

Data collection and calculation

Estimates of the total dwelling stock are calculated based on data from the population censuses. The estimates are produced by using the dwelling count from the most recent 2011 census as a baseline. This count is then projected forward using information collected on annual changes to the dwelling stock through new build completions plus any gains or losses through conversions and demolitions.

The tenure split for Wales between owner-occupied and privately rented dwellings has been calculated using information from the Annual Population Survey (APS). Full details of the methodology are in the statistical release.


Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2000-01 onwards. Financial years.With the exception of Census years, the estimates presented relate to the end of each financial year i.e. estimates for 2019 relate to 31 March 2019.

Users, uses and context

The dwelling stock estimates provide annual base line information on the overall amount of housing stock at a Wales and local authority level. It is used as evidence for policy making by both central and local government. The data are used by the Welsh Government, local authorities and other housing organisations to help monitor trends in the overall level of Welsh housing stock, as well as any changes in its tenure distribution over time. Outside of government the dwelling stock estimates are used by the finance and investment industries, for example to help develop a picture of demographic trends.

Rounding applied

Due to the way in which the APS proportions have been applied, the Wales total may not equal the sum of the local authority numbers (and regions) for some tenures. The regional figures are calculated as the sum of the local authority numbers.

Revisions information

Revised data is marked with an (r).

Estimates of tenure split for Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan, as at 31 March 2020, have been revised on 21 September 2020 following the discovery of an error (now corrected).

Owner-occupied and privately rented dwelling estimates for 2013-17 were revised in September 2019 due to a change in methodology.

Statistical quality

The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Keywords

Dwellings Stock Houses Tenure Private sector Social sector