Households overburdened by housing costs UK & Europe 2015

This statistic displays the proportion of households in Europe and the United Kingdom (UK) that are overburdened by housing costs in 2015 by tenure. Tenants who rent at market price were the most likely to be overburdened by housing costs with 27 percent in Europe and 37.3 percent in the United Kingdom in 2015.

Share of households overburdened by housing costs in Europe and the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015, by tenure

Characteristic	Europe	United Kingdom
Owner, no outstanding mortgage or housing loan	6.8%	3.9%
owner, with mortgage or loan	6.7%	5%
Tenant, rent at reduced price or free	12.4%	15.4%
Tenant, rent at market price	27%	37.3%

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October 2017

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2015

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "According to Eurostat, a household is overburdened when total housing costs represent more than 40 percent of its disposable income ('net' of housing allowances)"

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