New Homes fact sheet 10: New homes in rural areas
Part of a series collecting key facts and figures on new homes and regeneration.
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New homes in rural areas
This fact sheet explores issues around new homes in rural areas across England. It presents data on the differences between rural and urban areas demographic profiles and house price. It also looks at the ways in which new homes in rural areas can support shops, services and amenities.
About the New Homes Fact Sheets
The New Homes Fact Sheets, developed by Homes England, are a series of key facts and figures on new homes and regeneration, created to support conversations with local communities.
They provide a fact-based resource for everyone to draw upon to effectively communicate the context and processes around new homes and regeneration.
The development of the fact sheet series has involved consultation with local government officers, community groups and industry experts.
The other fact sheets in this series are:
Fact sheet 1: The need for homes
Fact sheet 2: How new homes are planned
Fact sheet 3: Transport and infrastructure services
Fact sheet 4: New homes and healthcare facilities
Fact sheet 5: New homes and school places
Fact sheet 6: The role of design and placemaking
Fact sheet 7: Homes and different land types
Fact sheet 8: Economic, social and environmental benefits
Fact sheet 9: What is affordable housing?
Guidance on how how the fact sheets were developed, and how they are intended to be used.
Last updated 15 January 2024 + show all updates
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The text on page 1 (the average median house price to annual income ratio", under the sub-heading "How easy is it to access housing in rural areas?", has been changed to "the lower quartile house price to lower quartile earnings ratio in England"
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First published.