Housing Type and Tenure

Accommodation Type

2001 Census Key Statistics table KS016

% of households
Detached	13.5%
Semi-detached	26.9%
Terraced (inc. end of terrace)	33.4%
Purpose built block of flats or tenement	18.1%
Part of a converted or shared house (inc. bedsits)	6.7%
In a commercial building	1.2%
Caravan or other mobile or temporary structure	0.3%

Tenure

2001 Census Key Statistics table KS018

% of households
Owner occupied: Owns outright	25.1%
Owner occupied: Owns with a mortgage or loan	40.3%
Owner occupied: Shared ownership*	1.3%
Rented from: Council (Local Authority)	10.9%
Rented from: Housing association/ RSL**	4.9%
Rented from:Private landlord or letting agency	14.2%
Rented from:Other***	3.4%

* Pays part rent part mortgage

* *RSL = Registered Social Landlord

*** Includes employer of a household member and relative or friend of a household member and living rent free

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