The average house size in South West region is 104.7m². This is by 3.7m² more than the average house size in England and Wales. On average, a house has 5.0 rooms including kitchen. This is by 0.1 more than the average house.
Room count is number of habitable rooms. Habitable rooms include any living room, sitting room, dining room, bedroom, study and similar; and also a non-separated conservatory and a kitchen/diner having a discrete seating area. Excluded from the room count are any room used solely as a kitchen, utility room, bathroom, cloakroom, en-suite accommodation and similar, any hallway, stairs or landing, and any room not having a window.
| No. of rooms | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 2 | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| █ 3 | 13.7% | 12.6% |
| █ 4 | 25.2% | 27.3% |
| █ 5 | 28.9% | 31.2% |
| █ 6+ | 28.9% | 26.1% |
The gross floor area - the total of all enclosed spaces measured to the internal face of the external walls
| Floor area size | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ under 30m² | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| █ 30-49m² | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| █ 50-69m² | 16.0% | 16.5% |
| █ 70-89m² | 30.1% | 33.8% |
| █ 90-109m² | 18.4% | 19.0% |
| █ 110-149m² | 18.1% | 16.2% |
| █ 150m²+ | 13.2% | 10.8% |
| Rental type | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ social rental | 4.6% | 7.5% |
| █ private rental | 16.5% | 17.0% |
| █ non-rental | 78.9% | 75.5% |
The number of open fireplaces in the property. Air can pass between the inside of the property and the outside.
| Number of fireplaces | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 0 | 86.8% | 88.9% |
| █ 1 | 11.0% | 9.2% |
| █ 2 | 1.8% | 1.6% |
| █ 3+ | 0.4% | 0.3% |
The type of fuel used to power the central heating. Bio is one of biomass, B30D, B30K, bioethanol, biogas, rapeseed. Coal also includes anthracite. Dual is dual fuel with mineral or wood. Wood can be pellets, chips or logs.
| Main heating fuel type | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ bio | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| █ coal | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| █ dual | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| █ elect | 11.0% | 5.1% |
| █ gas | 75.7% | 88.1% |
| █ LPG | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| █ no heat | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| █ oil | 9.7% | 4.9% |
| █ waste | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| █ wood | 0.4% | 0.2% |
The type of glazing. From British Fenestration Rating Council or manufacturer declaration.
| Windows glazing | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ sigle | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| █ double/secondary | 85.9% | 88.6% |
| █ triple/multiple | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ high perfomance | 10.3% | 8.1% |
A gas meter or a gas-burning appliance is available in the dwelling. A closed-off gas pipe does not count.
| Mains gas | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ gas meter/-burning appliance | 67.2% | 80.8% |
| █ no gas meter | 32.8% | 19.2% |
| No. of rooms | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 1 | 1.3% | 0.7% |
| █ 2 | 4.5% | 3.6% |
| █ 3 | 14.2% | 13.0% |
| █ 4 | 24.9% | 27.3% |
| █ 5 | 27.6% | 30.2% |
| █ 6+ | 27.6% | 25.1% |
Indicates whether the heating in the property is solar powered.
| Solar heating | South West | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ solar | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| █ no solar | 99.2% | 99.5% |
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