Official Statistics from the UK's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government present average weekly rents for rented local authority dwellings. This dataset was last updated on July 8, 2026, and is designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics. The data release was replaced by a new series in December 2012.
Use Cases
- Analyzing regional disparities in public housing costs based on average weekly rent figures.
- Modeling trends in local authority housing expenditure and subsidy requirements.
- Benchmarking district-level rent prices for policy evaluation and planning.
Strengths
- Data is designated as Official Statistics, suggesting a formal collection and publication process.
- The dataset has a specific geographic focus on districts within England.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The dataset was replaced by a new series in 2012, indicating it is not the current source.
Provenance
- Source
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (UK)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:39.346646; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England, by district