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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics New dwellings completed by area, dwelling type and number of bedrooms
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PeriodData on starts and completions of new permanent dwellings is only available at Wales level prior to 1996-97. From 1996-97, the information is available at a local authority level. Figures on housing starts are from records kept for building control purposes. It is often difficult for data providers to identify whether a dwelling is being built for RSLs or for a private developer and this may lead to an understatement of RSL starts recorded in these tables, and a corresponding overstatement of private enterprise figures. This problem is more likely to occur with starts than completions, and as a result, the data on starts are no longer split by tenure from 2011-12. [Filtered]
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[Collapse]Wales32,4753,9107,72012,6878,15826,0645834,97912,3688,1346,4113,3272,74131924
Wales[Collapse]North Wales7,0433981,7343,3831,5285,946859883,3481,5251,097313746353
North WalesIsle of Anglesey814672672981827372723629318177403151
Gwynedd997322336191139141916861611183136532
Conwy1,327403697281901,0199947261903083127520
Denbighshire943342444132528601917741225283156710
Flintshire2,2111444979096611,8134263885661398140234240
Wrexham75181124416130603750416130148747400
[Collapse]Mid and South West Wales7,1408251,8642,9381,5135,7451761,2222,8501,4971,3956496428816
Mid and South West WalesPowys8008118042711268025116427112120566400
Ceredigion8371441813122006041110429219723313377203
Pembrokeshire1,5571593767992231,3365832573721622110151627
Carmarthenshire1,6691044626025011,56741435596495102632766
Swansea1,4322983704283369933119842833643926717200
Neath Port Talbot8453929537014156510443701412802925100
[Collapse]South East Wales18,2922,6874,1226,3665,11714,3733222,7696,1705,1123,9192,3651,3531965
South East WalesBridgend1,7291853148703601,32512157798358404173157722
Vale of Glamorgan3,3934848381,0561,0152,724616051,0431,015669423233130
Cardiff4,8778781,3321,5001,1673,495877491,4951,1641,38279158353
Rhondda Cynon Taf810111136317246657411229524615310724220
Merthyr Tydfil448117821431063073561421061411142610
Caerphilly1,200229275422274940292164212742602005910
Blaenau Gwent46598101173933761893172938980810
Torfaen1,5821782874546631,364142334546632181645400
Monmouthshire1,9342044026746541,710403426746542241646000
Newport1,8542033557575391,47554206676539379149149810

Metadata

Title

Completions of new permanent dwellings

Last update

9 March 2023 9 March 2023

Next update

June 2023

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

New house building data collection, 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

Statistical quality

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

General description

In Wales, new house building is undertaken by the private sector, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and local authorities. The information presented here is based on the reports of local authority building inspectors and the National House Building Council (NHBC). It does not include information from private approved inspectors. The exclusion of this information means that there is currently an undercount in the number of dwellings completed though this is estimated to be quite small.

The information shows the number of new dwellings completed in Wales and is collected in order to assess the level of new house building across Wales during the period. The data is used to help monitor trends in both the overall level of Welsh housing stock and the changes in its tenure distribution over time. Data is also used by the Welsh Government and local authorities to assess levels of housing supply across Wales and as an indication as to whether housing need is being met.

Figures on housing completions are from records kept for building control purposes. It is sometimes difficult for building control officers and NHBC to identify the intended final tenure of the property (the basis for the tenure information). This may lead to an under-count of social sector new house building and an over-count for the private sector. Within the social sector it may also lead to an under-count of local authority new house building and an over count for the RSL sector. Therefore the tenure data should be treated with caution.

New house building funded with capital grant funding includes funding via Social Housing Grant, Recycled Social Housing Grant and Strategic Capital Investment Fund.

Data collection and calculation

The information presented here is collected via quarterly returns from Local Authorities and the National Housing-Building Council (NHBC).

Frequency of publication

Quarterly

Data reference periods

From 1974-75 onwards. Quarterly data not collected for 2020-21 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

None

Revisions information

Data prior to the last period covered have been revised since previously published. Revisions are marked in the data with an (r).

As these data also form part of other data collections, for example counts of properties which are compliant with the Welsh Housing Quality Standard, it is possible that the data will be subject to minor revision in due course. If necessary, for example where revisions are significant, these amendments will also be included in a revised formal release of data (see weblinks).

Keywords

Housing, New House Building, Starts, Completions, National House Building Council