Housing Demolitions and Hazards, 2010-11

Statistics on Housing Demolitions and Hazards in Wales include data for the financial year 2010-11. This latest release updates the statistics previously released on 25 August 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

• The number of dwellings demolished in Wales has generally declined since peaking in 2001-02. Since 2004-05, the number of dwellings demolished has fluctuated with no real consistency; although more recently figures have been increasing. The 2010-11 figure increased to 294, its highest since 2003-04.
• During 2010-11, 6,824 dwellings across Wales were assessed by local authorities under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, of which 2,049 (30 per cent) were houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).
• Following assessment, 35 per cent of HMOs were found to contain Category 1 hazards compared to 52 per cent of non-HMOs. In contrast, a higher percentage of HMOs had Category 2 hazards than non-HMOs (53 per cent compared to 41 per cent respectively).
• As in previous years, the most common Category 1 hazard for non-HMOs was ‘Excess Cold’ which accounted for 47 per cent of all Category 1 hazards found in 2010-11. This is an increase of 17 percentage points from the previous year.
• During 2010-11, ‘Excess Cold’ and ‘Fire’ were the most common Category 1 hazards for HMOs, each accounting for 33 per cent of all identified hazards.
• The number of licensed HMOs across Wales has been steadily increasing since 2006-07. At 31 March 2011, there were 4,167 licensed HMOs, of which, half were mandatory licences and half were additional licences.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5055
E-mail: stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

January 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)