Most of England's housing stock is owner occupied and built before 1919. Among the homes built after 2003, about 1.1 million homes were owner occupied, about 247,000 were privately rented, and approximately 326,000 were social housing. The largest share of social housing was found in buildings built between 1945 and 1980. In 2025, there were around 16.2 million owner occupied households in England.
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Department for Communities and Local Government (UK). (December 4, 2025). Age of housing units in England in 2025, by tenure (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved August 01, 2026, from /statistics/292252/age-of-housing-dwellings-in-england-uk-by-tenuree/
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