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Empty homes in Wychavon

3.8% of the 59,860 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.

Empty, 2021 census
3.8%
Empty homes
2,295

Against the wider area

Share of homes standing empty in the 2021 census.

AreaEmpty
Wychavon3.8%
West Midlands4.6%
England5.4%

In England and Wales the census counts a dwelling as vacant when nobody usually lives in it and it is not a second home, checked against council tax and other records. Northern Ireland counts household spaces with no usual residents, second homes included, so its share reads higher. Scotland's 2022 census did not count empty homes. The next census is in 2031.

Other reports for Wychavon

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £293,371 and £336,629 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£315,000
Chance of a rise
33%

At the average sale price, a home costs £322,210. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,487 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.

Payment, two incomes
25%
Payment, one income
49%

Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
£962
Owning per month
£1,517

64.4% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
200
Per 1,000 residents
1.4

Figures for United Kingdom: Wychavon has no reliable figures of its own.

Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
1.8%

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 1995. The deepest began in November 2007.

Deepest fall
−20.8%
Recovery from the low
74 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,036 while 260 homes were finished: 4.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.0
Population change, 2025
+1,036

In 2025, 2% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
2%