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Housing and homelessness

Age of first-time buyers

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33.9years, the average age of first-time buyers in England, 2024-25

31.4 in 2003-04. London 34.5, rest of England 33.8

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What it means: the average (mean) age of the person named as responsible for the home, among households that bought their first home in the previous three years. There were about 967,000 of these recent first-time buyers in 2024-25. The figures come from a survey, and London is based on a small sample, so its line moves around more. Shown for context.

Source: MHCLG, English Housing Survey 2024 to 2025 headline findings, annex tables 3.2 and 3.3.