Housing: North East

(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source
Questioner
Stephen Hepburn Portrait
Stephen Hepburn
(Independent - Jarrow)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.1 of the Autumn Budget 2017, what the ratio is of average house price and average worker’s salary in the North East; and what the home ownership rate has been in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East in each year since 2010.

Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 1st December 2017

The Office of National Statistics holds data on the ratio of average house prices to average worker's salaries. This can be viewed here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/datasets/ratioofhousepricetoworkplacebasedearningslowerquartileandmedian

The home ownership rate for the North East since 2010 is shown below. Data on home ownership is not available below the regional level.

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

North East

owner occupiers as a proportion of all households

63%

65%

60%

64%

63%

61%

61%

Source: DCLG, English Housing Survey.

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