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17/12/25 3:30 pm
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The average length of time private renters spent in their current home is at an all-time high, according to the latest English Housing Survey.
This reveals that the figure has risen steadily since records began in 2010/11 from 3.7 years to 4.7 years in 2024-25 - somewhat undermining the government’s claim that renters live with insecurity of tenure. Indeed, housing insecurity was one of the main tenets of the Renters’ Rights Act, particularly relating to security of tenure and renters having to make multiple moves.
Private renters are also similarly happy to those in other tenures. When comparing current well-being levels to those last year in 2023-24, levels broadly remained the same; when asked to score life satisfaction out of 10 – the average was 7.8 for owner occupiers and 7.1 for private renters.
The data also shows that in 2024-25, the PRS accounted for 4.7 million or 19% of households, although in London, the proportion of households who privately rent decreased from 32% in 2023-24 to 28% in 2024-25.
In 2024-25, 16% of all households came from an ethnic minority background, a significant increase from 13% five years ago (2019-20) while the PRS had the largest increase across tenures from 18% in 2019-20 to 30% in 2024-25.
Meanwhile, the average (mean) weekly private rent (£250) increased across England, compared to £237 in 2023-24 and from £201 in 2019-20.
In 2024-25, 2% of private renters reported currently being in rent arrears and a further 3% reported that they had fallen behind with rent payments in the previous 12 months (5% of private renters in arrears overall). This was similar to 2023-24 (5%), but significantly lower than 2019-20 (8%).
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