We deem family units to be overcrowded if they live in households with too few bedrooms to meet the ‘bedroom standard’ commonly used in social housing allocation schemes. The data in this section highlights trends in overcrowding over time, and how rates for different cohorts compare at each age.
Overcrowding
Notes
A family is a single adult or couple, and any dependent children. A family unit is overcrowded if it lives in a household with too few bedrooms to meet the ‘bedroom standard’ commonly used in social housing allocation schemes. Tenure splits exclude adults living with parents.
Source
RF analysis of DWP, Family Resources Survey
Notes
A family is a single adult or couple, and any dependent children. A family unit is overcrowded if it lives in a household with too few bedrooms to meet the ‘bedroom standard’ commonly used in social housing allocation schemes.
Source
RF analysis of DWP, Family Resources Survey
Notes
A family is a single adult or couple, and any dependent children. A family unit is overcrowded if it lives in a household with too few bedrooms to meet the ‘bedroom standard’ commonly used in social housing allocation schemes. Tenure splits exclude adults living with parents.
Source
RF analysis of DWP, Family Resources Survey
