Housing facts and figures

The demand for housing is high in our borough and we do not have enough social housing to meet demand. Take a look at the housing register statistics for the period April 2019 to March 2020 to see how many households are on the housing register and how many are waiting to be housed.

Number of social housing properties let by us - April 2019 to March 2020


Number of bedrooms and type of property	Numbers let
Studio flat	17
1 bedroomed bungalows	11
1 bedroomed flat	70
2 bedroomed bungalows	13
2 bedroomed flat	47
2 bedroomed house	43
3 bedroomed flat	2
3 bedroomed house	31
3 bed 2 living room house	12
4 bed house	1
Sheltered flat for over-60s	30
Supported housing unit	8
Total	285

Number of properties let by housing associations - April 2019 to March 2020

Number of bedrooms and type of property	Numbers of nominations
1 bedroomed bungalows	1
1 bedroomed flat	27
2 bedroomed bungalows	1
2 bedroomed flat	13
2 bedroomed house	8
3 bedroomed house	10
Sheltered flat for over-60s	0
Supported flat	1
Total	61

Number of people on housing registers at 30 September 2020

Household Type	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Total
Single under 60	15	23	828	53	64	983
Couple under 60	7	4	77	3	13	104
Families needing two bed (Preg or 1-2 children of same sex	11	15	664	52	61	803
Families needing three bed (2-3 children different sex)	8	0	245	12	13	278
Families needing four bed (4 children +)	0	3	46	2	4	55
Single OAP	12	29	138	6	70	255
Couple OAP	4	6	30	0	16	56
Total	57	80	2028	128	241	2534

Number of applicants in each band at 30 September 2020 (excluding transfer applicants)


Household Type	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Total
Single under 60	1	5	799	53	19	877
Couple under 60	0	0	74	3	0	77
Families needing 2 bed (pregnant or 1-2 children of same sex)	0	0	620	31	5	656
Families needing 3 bed (2-3 children different sex)	0	0	131	10	0	141
Families needing 4 bed (4 children+)	0	0	15	2	0	17
Single OAP	1	1	110	6	41	159
Couple OAP	0	0	27	0	8	35
Total	2	6	1776	105	73	1962

Average length of wait for applicants in Band C

The table below shows the average successful bid wait time for Band C housing applicants aged under 60 years old, not already in social housing, for the period April 2019 March 2020.


Number of bedrooms and type of property	Average length of wait in Band C
Studio flat	2 years and 8 months
1 bedroomed flat	4 years and 7 months
2 bedroomed flat	4 years and 3 months
2 bedroomed house	6 years and 2 months
3 bedroomed house and 3 bed 2 living room house	5 years and 10 months