Key Data

  • 2.27 million dwellings in the South West in March 2005 2
  • 2.21 million households in the South West in 2006 (DCLG 2006)
  • Dwelling stock increased by just under one third of a  million between 1991 & 2005 (DCLG 2006)
  • 22,399 Dwellings were completed in 2005-2006 (South West Regional Assembly (SWRA) 2006)
  • 34,000 affordable dwellings have been provided since 1998 (Housing Corporation 2006)
  • 75% of South West local Authorities achieved the target of building over 50% of new dwellings on previously developed land (SWRA 2006)
  • Smaller dwelling completions (1-2 bedroom) accounted for 40% of total new build in 2005-2006 (DCLG 2006)
  • 7,820 households were accepted as homeless in the South West in 2005-2006
  • 62,475 empty dwellings were recorded in the South West in 2004
  • Approximately 60,000 second homes were identified in the South West by the survey of English Housing (DCLG 2005) between the periods 2001/02 and 2003/04
  • The average dwelling price in the South West is 4.66 times the average recorded income in 2005 (Survey of Mortgage Lenders DCLG 2005)
  • 33.6% and 38.4% of private sector and social housing dwellings (respectively) did not meet the decent homes standard in 2003 (Survey of English Housing DCLG 2005)
  • 14% of homes in the South West were estimated to have a low energy efficiency rating in 2003 (Survey of English Housing DCLG 2005)