(b) Estimates of the number and percentage of overcrowded households by household size for each region in England are given in Table 2.
Overcrowded( 1) households by region and by household size, England, 2004-05 to 2006-07( 2)
Number of persons in household (thousand overcrowded households)
Number of persons in household (percentage)
Government office region
1 or 2
3 or 4
5 or more
All households
1 or 2
3 or 4
5 or more
All households
North East
2
5
12
19
0.2
1.4
22.5
1.7
North West
2
24
38
64
0.1
2.8
20.4
2.3
Yorkshire and the Humber
1
11
25
37
0.1
1:8
18.5
1.8
North
6
39
75
120
0.1
2.2
20.0
2.0
East Midlands
3
8
19
29
0.2
1.5
17.2
1.6
West Midlands
2
16
43
61
0.2
2.5
24.7
2.8
Midlands
5
23
62
90
0.2
2.1
21.8
2.3
East
3
17
22
42
0.2
2.5
15.2
London
30
92
82
203
1.6
10.1
32.0
6.6
South East
5
30
31
66
0.2
3.1
14.3
2.0
South West
3
15
15
33
0.2
2.6
12.6
1.5
South
41
153
149
344
0.6
4.9
20.3
3.2
England
52
216
286
554
0.4
3.6
20.5
2.7
(1) Overcrowded i.e. one or more bedrooms below the “bedroom standard”. (2) Sample sizes are too small to give robust annual figures. A three-year average is therefore provided. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing.
(c) Estimates of the number and percentage of overcrowded households by income level for each region in England are given in Table 3.
Table 3: Overcrowded( 1) households by region and income level( 2) , England, 2004-05 to 2006-07( 3)
Joint weekly income HRP and partner (thousand overcrowded households)
Joint weekly income HRP and partner (percentage)
Government office region
Under £200
£200, under £500
£500 or more
Total
Under £200
£200, under £500
£500 or more
Total
North East
3
11
3
17
1.3
3.0
0.8
1.8
North West
14
27
8
49
2.5
3.0
0.9
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Yorkshire and the Humber
9
16
5
30
2.2
2.3
0.7
1.7
North
26
53
16
96
2.2
2.7
0.8
1.9
East Midlands
6
7
7
20
2.1
1.3
1.2
1.4
West Midlands
11
25
12
48
2.4
3.6
1.6
2.5
Midlands
17
32
19
68
2.3
2.6
1.4
2.0
East
7
15
13
35
2.0
2.3
1.3
1.8
London
62
57
42
160
9.7
7.8
3.7
6.4
South East
12
30
18
60
2.4
3.4
1.2
2.1
South West
5
13
10
28
1.5
2.0
1.2
1.5
South
86
115
82
283
4.7
3.9
1.8
3.1
England
130
200
117
446
3.4
3.3
1.5
2.5
(1) Overcrowded i.e. one or more bedrooms below the “bedroom standard”. (2) Households with unknown incomes are excluded from these estimates. (3) Sample sizes are too small to give robust annual figures. A three-year average is therefore provided. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing.
(d) Estimates of the number and percentage of overcrowded households by ethnicity by broad region in England are given in Table 4. Due to very small sample sizes for overcrowded ethnic minority households in some regions it is not possible to provide estimates for individual regions.
Table 4: Overcrowded( 1) households by ethnicity of household reference person, England, 2004-05 to 2006-07( 2)
White (overcrowded)
Ethnic minority (overcrowded)
Region
Tenure
Thousand households
Percentage
Thousand households
Percentage
London
Owner occupiers
27
1.5
27
7.0
Social renters
63
7.4
63
18.9
Private renters
32
7.3
32
17.0
All
122
3.7
122
13.4
Rest of England
Owner occupiers
110
0.9
43
7.7
Social renters
116
4.0
16
8.8
Private renters
45
2.7
21
9.4
All
271
1.6
80
8.3
England
Owner occupiers
129
1.0
70
7.4
Social renters
151
4.4
78
15.4
Private renters
72
3.5
53
12.8
All
352
1.9
202
10.8
(1) Overcrowded is one or more bedrooms below the “bedroom standard”. (2) Sample sizes are too small to give robust annual figures. A three-year average is therefore provided. Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing.
