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New Homes fact sheet 10: New homes in rural areas

Part of a series collecting key facts and figures on new homes and regeneration.

Applies to England

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New homes in rural areas

This fact sheet explores issues around new homes in rural areas across England. It presents data on the differences between rural and urban areas demographic profiles and house price. It also looks at the ways in which new homes in rural areas can support shops, services and amenities.

About the New Homes Fact Sheets

The New Homes Fact Sheets, developed by Homes England, are a series of key facts and figures on new homes and regeneration, created to support conversations with local communities.

They provide a fact-based resource for everyone to draw upon to effectively communicate the context and processes around new homes and regeneration.

The development of the fact sheet series has involved consultation with local government officers, community groups and industry experts.

The other fact sheets in this series are:

Fact sheet 1: The need for homes

Fact sheet 2: How new homes are planned

Fact sheet 3: Transport and infrastructure services

Fact sheet 4: New homes and healthcare facilities

Fact sheet 5: New homes and school places

Fact sheet 6: The role of design and placemaking

Fact sheet 7: Homes and different land types

Fact sheet 8: Economic, social and environmental benefits

Fact sheet 9: What is affordable housing?

Guidance on how how the fact sheets were developed, and how they are intended to be used.

Updates to this page

Published 2 November 2023
Last updated 15 January 2024 + show all updates
  1. The text on page 1 (the average median house price to annual income ratio", under the sub-heading "How easy is it to access housing in rural areas?", has been changed to "the lower quartile house price to lower quartile earnings ratio in England"

  2. First published.

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