Household: Tenure - 8 Categories

Description

Identifies whether a person lives in a household that owns or rents the accommodation that it occupies. Owner-occupied accommodation can be: owned outright; with a mortgage or loan; or part-owned on a shared ownership scheme. Rented accommodation can be: private rented or social rented through a local council or housing association. This variable applies to all people living in households. As such, this variable reports 'No code required' for the subset of the population living in communal establishments.

Variable categories

Showing all 8 categories from this variable.

A breakdown of the categories in the variable, by code and label.
Label Code
Owner occupied: Owns outright 1
Owner occupied: Owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership 2
Social rented: Northern Ireland Housing Executive 3
Social rented: Housing association or charitable trust 4
Private rented: Private landlord or letting agency 5
Private rented: Other private rented 6
Lives rent free 7
No code required -8