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Data Provider: Welsh Government Households found to be eligible, homeless subject to duty to help to secure during the year. Main reason for loss of last settled home by type of household (Section 73)
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AreaDue to minor discrepancies between the headline figures and the sum of detailed breakdowns for Neath Port Talbot in 2016-17, some of their figures have been adjusted slightly; The detailed breakdowns have been recalibrated to the headline totals to ensure consistency. [Filtered]
YearData not collected for 2019-20 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Filtered]
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[Collapse]TotalClick here to sortTotal
[Collapse]Households with dependent childrenIncludes households with dependent children looked after by grandparents or other non-parental guardians.Click here to sortHouseholds with dependent childrenIncludes households with dependent children looked after by grandparents or other non-parental guardians.[Collapse]Single person household, TotalData includes ‘single person household gender unknown’ in addition to ‘single person household male applicants’ and ‘single person household female applicants’.Click here to sortSingle person household, TotalData includes ‘single person household gender unknown’ in addition to ‘single person household male applicants’ and ‘single person household female applicants’.[Expand]Click here to sortAll other household groups
[Collapse]Couple with dependent childrenIncludes households with dependent children looked after by grandparents or other non-parental guardians.[Collapse]Single parent household with dependent children, TotalInclude households with dependent children looked after by a single grandparent or other non-parental guardian.Click here to sortSingle parent household with dependent children, TotalInclude households with dependent children looked after by a single grandparent or other non-parental guardian.[Collapse]Single person household, Male applicant[Collapse]Single person household, Female applicant
Click here to sortCouple with dependent childrenIncludes households with dependent children looked after by grandparents or other non-parental guardians.Click here to sortSingle parent household with dependent children, Male applicantInclude households with dependent children looked after by a single grandparent or other non-parental guardian.Click here to sortSingle parent household with dependent children, Female applicantInclude households with dependent children looked after by a single grandparent or other non-parental guardian.Click here to sortSingle person household, Male applicantClick here to sortSingle person household, Female applicant
[Collapse]Total households1,5695943,9874,5816,15013,8425,37619,2181,45826,826
Total households[Expand]Parent no longer willing or able to accommodate192877057929811,6988912,5892583,828
[Expand]Other relatives or friends no longer willing or able to accommodate135933664595972,1069003,0062463,843
[Collapse]Breakdown of relationship with partner, Total931651,3051,4701,5662,1511,3653,5191175,202
Breakdown of relationship with partner, TotalBreakdown of relationship with partner, Non-violent391264505796151,5934412,034572,706
Breakdown of relationship with partner, Violent57398558949485589271,485602,496
[Collapse]Violence and harassmentViolence and harrassment includes racially motivated violence or harassment and other form of violence or harassment. It does not include breakdown of relationship with partner due to violence.30914115018324921346239687
Violence and harassmentViolence and harrassment includes racially motivated violence or harassment and other form of violence or harassment. It does not include breakdown of relationship with partner due to violence.Violence or harassment which is: racially motivated*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication9
Violence or harassment which is: due to religion/belief*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Violence or harassment which is: due to gender reassignment (gender identity)*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication9
Violence or harassment which is: due to sexual identity/orientation*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication612*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication15
Violence or harassment which is: due to disability*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Violence or harassment which is: due to another reason30913514417424019543536642
[Collapse]Mortgage arrears (repossession or other loss of home)Mortgage arrears (repossession or other loss of home)9*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication30334248277518138
[Collapse]Rent arrears, total87331441772671808426460588
Rent arrears, totalRent arrears on social sector dwellings9*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication182433271845987
Rent arrears on private sector dwellings78301261562341506621951504
[Expand]Loss of rented or tied accommodation714878319241,6351,9326902,6223964,653
[Expand]Prison Leaver*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication6915182,7932793,072213,108
[Expand]In institution or care (e.g. hospital, residential home, army etc.)21*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication3639634591686279696
[Expand]Current property unaffordable33*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication7587120723610821246
[Expand]Current property unsuitable1324816221034231520752299960
[Expand]Other (including homeless in emergency, returned from abroad, sleeping rough or in hostel)Other includes homeless in emergency (for example after a fire or flood); returned from abroad; sleeping rough; in hostel or refuge; health concern (physical or mental); unreasonable to remain in property due to one or more of the following: i) Overcrowdi123361832223421,8335132,3491772,868

Metadata

Title

Households found to be eligible, homeless subject to duty to help to secure during the year. Main reason for loss of last settled home by type of household (Section 73)

Last update

9 September 2025 9 September 2025

Next update

July 2026

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Homelessness data collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.housing@gov.wales

Designation

None

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

Statistical quality

There are a number of factors (including timing issues, the recording of multiple outcomes and local authority IT reporting systems), which have impacted on the quality and accuracy of the data collected and published on statutory homeless for 2015-16. These are mainly due to the legislative changes introduced in April 2015 and the time needed for the local authority data providers to fully absorb the impact of these changes and to adjust their internal systems and processes accordingly. Further information is provided in Section 2.2 of the accompanying annual statistical release.

Whilst we have worked closely with local authorities to improve the quality of the data there is a limit to the improvements that can be made retrospectively to the 2015-16 data and some concerns over the quality and accuracy of the data remain. Although the pre April 2015 statutory homelessness statistics were designated as National Statistics, given the concerns over data quality a temporary de-designation of the Homelessness Statistics data for 2015-16 has been agreed with the UK Statistics Authority. The 2015-16 data as published on Stats Wales and within the accompanying release are therefore not classified as National Statistics.

Keywords

Homeless, Housing

General description

The information is based on an annual statistical return completed by local authorities in Wales. The information is collected in order to establish the number and type of households that were provided with assistance by local authorities during the period.

This data is used by the Welsh Government, homelessness agencies and other housing organisations, in order to help monitor trends in the overall level of statutory homelessness across Wales.

Data collection and calculation

Due to minor discrepancies between the headline figures and the sum of detailed breakdowns for Neath Port Talbot in 2016-17, some of their figures have been adjusted slightly; The detailed breakdowns have been recalibrated to the headline totals to ensure consistency.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2015-16 onwards. Data not collected for 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Users, uses and context

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Rounding applied

all the figures are rounded independently to the nearest 3 to protect the identity of individuals.