New House Building, October to December 2008

Statistics on the number of new dwellings started and completed include data for Wales for the period October to December 2008, as reported by local authorities. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 10 December 2008. This information is based on the reports of local authority building inspectors and the National House Building Council (NHBC). It does not include information from private approved inspectors.

Starts

• During the October to December 2008 quarter 677 new dwellings were started.
• The number of starts has decreased by 620 (48 per cent) from the previous quarter and decreased by 2,150 (76 per cent) from the same quarter of the previous year.
• The private sector accounted for 618 new dwellings started, some 91 per cent of all activity. Of the remaining dwellings, 59 were started by registered social landlords. There were no dwellings started by local authorities.
• During the quarter, the highest number of starts across all tenures were seen in Cardiff and Powys, whilst Denbighshire and Swansea saw the lowest number of starts

Completions

• 1,691 dwellings were completed during the October to December 2008 quarter.
• The number of completions decreased by 103 (6 per cent) from the previous quarter and decreased by 598 (26 per cent) from the same quarter of the previous year.
• 1,529 dwellings (90 per cent) were completed by the private sector. The remaining 162 dwellings were completed by registered social landlords. There were no dwellings completed by local authorities.
• The highest number of dwelling completions, across all sectors, were seen in Cardiff and Swansea whilst the lowest were seen in Torfaen and Denbighshire

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5055
E-mail: stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

June 2009 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)