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Natural resource protection and enhancing the environment
Creating sustainable
communities and a fairer world
26. Dwelling density
Average density of new housing, 1990 to 2008
| Density of newly built dwellings since: | 1993 |
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- The density of newly built dwellings in England remained fairly constant between 1990 and 2001, at an average of 25 new dwellings per hectare. Recently, however, density has increased and in 2008 the figure was 46 new dwellings per hectare (provisional estimate).
- For London, dwelling density rose from 48 new dwellings per hectare in 1990 to 56 in 2000. After a drop in 2001, density rose to 106 new dwellings per hectare in 2005 It has since fallen to 75 dwellings per hectare in 2007.
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Updated: 30 July 2009