observatory housing
Balancing the housing market, improving the quality of housing stock, and enabling the provision of affordable housing are all key issues which concern rural local authorities. These are often topical issues and the Housing section of the Observatory considers what the data available can tell us about the position in rural communities, and what challenges rural communities might face in the future.
07 Mar 2013
House Prices
This analysis looks at house prices for the period Q1-Q4 2015, for a chosen authority and housing type. Comparison is provided to the regional, English and rural/urban housing prices. The...
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12 Dec 2012
Relative Cost of Rural Living
Household budgets are increasingly stretched in meeting basic living costs. Using key measures, the financial pressures experienced by the average household can provide a picture of the relative cost of...
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03 Dec 2012
Fuel poverty
A household is said to be in fuel poverty if it spends more than 10% of its income on fuel to maintain a satisfactory heating regime (usually 21 degrees for...
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02 Dec 2012
Households within a given distance
One measure of sparsity in rural areas examines the percentage of households within a given distance. Percentage of households within the given distance via the road network 2011
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