CPIH: UK Consumer Price Inflation Including Housing Costs, 2005-2012

A back series from 2005 to 2012 for CPIH, a new measure of Consumer Price Inflation that includes owner occupiers' housing costs. The Office for National Statistics produced this dataset, which uses a rental equivalence approach to measure housing costs. The data was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term inflation trends based on the 2005-2012 back series
• Compare inflation measures by incorporating owner occupiers' housing costs
• Model the impact of housing costs on the overall Consumer Price Index
• Study the application of the rental equivalence approach for housing cost measurement

Strengths

• Back series covers 8 years from 2005 to 2012
• Produced and designated as National Statistics by the Office for National Statistics
• Includes owner occupiers' housing costs, a key component of inflation

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2005-2012 period

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official price surveys and housing market statistics using the rental equivalence approach.

Time Range

2005 to 2012

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:50.332756; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom