(Introducing the Social Sciences: Making Social Lives). An essay examining housing in England and the argument that neighbourly relations are routinely made and remade. Received 68/100 (OU grade 2:1)
Part One: What do the tables show about housing in England?
By examining the tables in the Assignment Booklet (DD101 Introducing the
social sciences, 2011, p.23), it is possible to gain a general view of housing in
England. Table 1 shows the housing stock by region and type of dwelling from
2006 to 2007. In Table 2 we are provided with the tenures across ethnic
groups during 2007 and in Table 3 we are shown the house building comple-
tions from 1991 through to 2007 collected every five years and from 2008 to
2009.
From Table 1 we can see that on average during 2006/07 the majority of
properties in England were semi-detached houses or bungalows (32%) whilst
flat or maisonette conversions were only 4% of the housing stock across all
regions of England. It is also clear, whilst the South East had the largest hous-
ing stock at 3,536, the East Midlands had the smallest at 1,880. Interestingly
the East Midlands also had the highest percentage of semi-detached, as did
the West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, at 38%.
However, Table 2 demonstrates that across all households, the majority of
properties were owned with a mortgage (39%) while less people rented pri-
vately (12%). Some of the variations that are demonstrated within this table
possibly show the difference in wealth or status across each ethnic group. For
example more White and White British people owned their properties outright
(33%) suggesting that they had the ability to afford to purchase whilst 49% of
, the Bangladeshi population rented from social sectors, possibly a local council
showing the difference between the ethnic groups.
Meanwhile in Table 3, we are able to see the patterns in the growth of the
population over the course of eighteen years. The number of houses that
were built decreased during 2001/02 across all categories although this wasn't
reflected overall until 2007/09 when the general percentage went from 77% to
52%. Similarly the number of flats that were built decreased from 26% in
1991/92 to 16% in 1996/97, although this steadily increased during 2001/02
and was 48% by 2007/08. By 2008/09 both the number of houses and flat
building completions were 50%. The total number of builds were also at their
highest during 2007/08. Throughout the entire period between 1991 and 2009
there were no four bedroom flats built, possibly due to a lack of demand for
them, and from 2001/02 no one bedroom houses were built which coincides
with a rise in one and two bedroom flats after this during 2007/08.
In general there appear to be no similarities between each of these tables
apart from the the majority of the data is taken from around 2007, where it is
possible to see the decline in house building completions and the increase in
flats which were likely to be rented either privately or through social sectors al-
though some of could have been sold.
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