England and Wales dwelling stock data shows the number and percentage of domestic properties allocated to each of eight standard Council Tax bands. The dataset is sourced from the Valuation Office Agency and published by the Office for National Statistics via Neighbourhood Statistics. It covers the years 2001 to 2008 and is available at multiple geographic levels from Output Area to National.
Use Cases
- Analyze property value distribution across regions based on council tax band percentages.
- Model local government revenue potential based on dwelling stock counts per tax band.
- Track changes in housing stock valuation over time from 2001 to 2008.
Strengths
- Data covers a 7-year time range from 2001 to 2008.
- Geographic coverage includes multiple administrative levels from Output Area to National for England and Wales.
- Source is the authoritative Valuation Office Agency administrative data.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2001-2008 coverage period.
Provenance
- Source
- Valuation Office Agency (VOA), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), Communities and Local Government (CLG)
- Collection Method
- Administrative data
- Time Range
- 2001 to 2008
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:23.677614; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England and Wales