England: Length of residence of private renters 2023

On average, private renters in the UK spent four years in their current home, according to a nationally representative survey conducted between April 2022 and March 2023. Overall, the length in current home increased since 2011, when it was 3.7 years.

Average length private renters lived in their current home in England from 2011 to 2023 (in years)

Characteristic	Average number of years
2011	3.7
2012	3.8
2013	3.8
2014	3.5
2015	4
2016	4.3
2017	3.9
2018	4.1
2019	4.4
2020	4.3
2021	4.2
2022	4.4
2023	4.3

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

April 2022 to March 2023

Number of respondents

11,205 respondents

Special properties

private renters

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The source added the following information 'excludes a small number of cases with unknown length of tenure.'

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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