Changes in the methodology used to estimate housing tenure in Cornwall

Data from the Office for National Statistics provides estimates of the total number of dwellings in Cornwall broken down by tenure. ONS point out that comparing the 2022 and 2023 figures with earlier years is problematical. 

 

So what changes were there due to the adoption of a different methodology?

 

With the exception of the components within the owned sector, the other categories and the total appear to be what would be expected.  The big changes were in Owned outright which fell by 8,700 while the number Owned with mortgage or loan increased by 9,600. This is where the different methodology appears to have altered the breakdown of tenure figures.

 

			Change
Tenure	2021	2022	Numbers	%
Owned Outright	131000	122300	-8700	-6.6
Owned with Mortgage or Loan	65500	75100	9600	14.7
Owned	196500	197400	900	0.5
Private Rent	57100	57900	800	1.4
Social Rent	32600	33000	400	1.2
Total Dwellings	286200	288300	2100	0.7

 

Notes

Due to the change in method, estimates for 2022 and 2023 are not directly comparable to previously published results (data up to 2021). [ONS].

 

Sources

Office for National Statistics, (Sub national estimates of dwellings by tenure, England, 2022 to 2023

 

Office for National Statistics, (Sub national estimates of dwellings by tenure, England, 2012 to 2021).