Table shows the proportion of collected household waste which is recycled or composted. Figures for 2004/5 were taken from the London Councils organisation as the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) do not list complete LA level statistics for this year. From 1998/99 to 2003/04 estimates for household waste recycling (including composting) rates are based on data supplied to the...

Number of households waiting for local authority housing. Local authorities sometimes maintain a common waiting list with the Housing Association/s in their district. However, no information is available where a Housing Association maintains a separate waiting list to the local authority. Direct comparisons between authorities' housing waiting lists can be misleading in particular because authorities have different arrangements for checking that...

This table shows the numbers and percentages of persons and households by each housing tenure category, including, owned outright, being bought with mortgage or loan, rented from Local Authority/ Housing Association, or private landlord. Private Rented includes renting from employing organisation, another organisation, relative of household member and individual employer. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred. Percentages were calculated on unrounded numbers and...

Proportion of children living in workless households Children aged 0-15 living in a household including at least one person aged 16 to 64. with no person in employment. Percentages are based on children living in working-age households with known economic activity status. Source: Annual Population Survey Household datasets, ONS

Reports and data on households and families

Number of dwellings on the valuation list, by council tax band and output area. The Valuation list is held by the Valuation Office Agency of HMRC. The number of dwellings in each band taken at the end of March. Based on property values at 1 April 1991, homes are allocated to one of eight bands in England: the lowest -...

Census Univariate Table UV68: Household type by ward. Includes data on Couple households, with and without dependent children, Lone Parents, and Single person households. A dependent child is a person in a household aged 0 - 15 (whether or not in a family) or a person aged 16 - 18 who is a full-time student and in a family with parent(s). ...