Hosts, listings and bed spaces of short-term lets – Cornwall 2023

Data published by the Office for National Statistics provides an insight into the short-term lets sector in Cornwall. 

 

There was an average of 16,000 hosts with 33,600 listings and 147,800 bed spaces recorded.  July and August had the highest figure for hosts at 17,200 while the highest number of listings (35,660) and bed spaces 155,730 were recorded in July.

 

[The figures do not distinguish between rentals for rooms and whole dwellings and the number of hosts may be lower than those in the table.]

 

	Hosts	Listings	Bed spaces
January	13570	30790	134900
February	14050	31450	137560
March	14350	31960	140260
April	14630	32390	142610
May	16320	34120	148730
June	16850	35080	153010
July	17200	35660	155730
August	17200	35430	155430
September	17040	34820	153540
October	16670	33970	150900
November	16620	33510	149510
December	17140	34170	151940
Average	15970	33613	147843
Rounded	16000	33600	147800

 

A comprehensive system for recording short-term rentals is essential to provide robust data, which would aid in determining housing and planning policy.

 

Notes

 

Things you need to know

These datasets are part of Short-term lets through online collaborative economy platforms, UK: Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2023.

Definitions

Short-term lets 

Short-term lets refers to rentals, such as apartments or rooms, booked through these three platforms, excluding other forms of accommodation, such as hotels or campsites. 

Number of hosts

The number of hosts refers to the number of hosts of short-term lets offered through the online collaborative economy platforms, renting out one or more listings. Data from the three providers is aggregated to provide a total number of hosts, which means there will be duplication if a host rents their property with multiple providers in the same month. So, these should be seen as an upper bound and the number of unique hosts each month might be much lower.

Number of listings

The number of listings is the advertisement of the property on the short-term let platform. 

Number of bedspaces

The number of bed spaces refers to the number of spaces for a person to sleep in a property, for example if a property had one double bed, it would have two bed spaces.  

Sources

Office for National Statistics, (30th May 2024), Hosts, listings and bed spaces of short-term lets through online collaborative economy platforms, UK: 2023.