Social Aspects (SA) Housing (SA1)

Social Aspects (SA)

Housing (SA1)

Dwelling Stock statistics are estimates and are all provisional and subject to revision. Figures are expressed to the nearest ten dwellings, but should not be regarded as accurate to the nearest ten. Data are sourced from the Local Government Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA), Tenant Services Authority (TSA), Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the English Housing Survey (EHS).

For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the Dwelling Stock Estimates 2013, England publication on the Gov.uk website.

Wales
Scotland

Dwelling estimates are drawn from administrative data sources relating to Council Tax. There are limitations in using administrative sources to produce statistics. Small differences can arise in the definitions used for various categories of households/dwellings in the administrative systems used. It is also possible that not all information held on administrative systems is up-to-date. For example, local authorities may not be notified immediately of a change in the circumstances of a household which affects eligibility for a Council Tax discount or exemption. Furthermore, it may take time for changes as a result of new building or demolition to be recorded.

Changes over time in categories of Council Tax discounts and exemptions can occur because a local authority has carried out a review and identified cases where a dwelling has been incorrectly categorised. There can sometimes be variations in the ways that some local authorities classify vacant properties and second homes between different years. This can have a small effect on the percentages of dwellings which are vacant or second homes each year in a local authority area.

For further information regarding quality and methodology please see the Estimates of Households and Dwellings in Scotland, 2013 on the National Records of Scotland website.

Work is being carried out within the UK Urban Audit team to find a more comprehensive source for these variables and it is hoped that a back series will be supplied to Eurostat in the future.