What it means: households by whether they own their home, outright or with a mortgage, or rent it from a private landlord or from a council or housing association (social renting). Since 1981, private renting has grown from 11.1% to 18.9% of households and social renting has fallen from 31.7% to 16.3%. Home ownership was 57.2% in 1981. More households now own outright (35.5%) than with a mortgage (29.3%). Figures to 2008 are for calendar years from earlier surveys; from 2008-09 they come from the English Housing Survey and cover financial years. Shown for context.

Source: MHCLG, English Housing Survey, trends in tenure, table FT1101.