The average flat size in Tyne and Wear county is 61.3m². This is by 2.6m² more than the average flat size in England and Wales. On average, a flat has 2.9 rooms including kitchen. This is by 0.2 more than the average flat.
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 | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 1 | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| █ 2 | 27.8% | 37.4% |
| █ 3 | 49.8% | 42.2% |
| █ 4 | 13.9% | 10.4% |
| █ 5 | 3.0% | 2.6% |
| █ 6+ | 2.1% | 0.9% |
The gross floor area - the total of all enclosed spaces measured to the internal face of the external walls
| Floor area size | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ under 30m² | 2.9% | 4.9% |
| █ 30-49m² | 23.8% | 32.7% |
| █ 50-69m² | 49.3% | 39.3% |
| █ 70-89m² | 17.2% | 16.1% |
| █ 90-109m² | 3.6% | 4.1% |
| █ 110-149m² | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| █ 150m²+ | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Rental type | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ social rental | 22.9% | 17.4% |
| █ private rental | 36.5% | 36.5% |
| █ non-rental | 40.6% | 46.1% |
The number of open fireplaces in the property. Air can pass between the inside of the property and the outside.
| Number of fireplaces | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 0 | 97.6% | 97.6% |
| █ 1 | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| █ 2 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ 3+ | 0.0% | 0.1% |
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 | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ bio | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| █ coal | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| █ dual | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| █ elect | 22.2% | 31.1% |
| █ gas | 76.9% | 67.8% |
| █ LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| █ no heat | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| █ oil | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| █ waste | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| █ wood | 0.0% | 0.0% |
The type of glazing. From British Fenestration Rating Council or manufacturer declaration.
| Windows glazing | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ sigle | 6.9% | 9.0% |
| █ double/secondary | 87.5% | 77.8% |
| █ triple/multiple | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ high perfomance | 5.4% | 12.8% |
A gas meter or a gas-burning appliance is available in the dwelling. A closed-off gas pipe does not count.
| Mains gas | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ gas meter/-burning appliance | 70.5% | 57.0% |
| █ no gas meter | 29.5% | 43.0% |
| No. of rooms | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ 1 | 4.0% | 7.3% |
| █ 2 | 28.0% | 37.5% |
| █ 3 | 49.5% | 41.7% |
| █ 4 | 13.6% | 10.2% |
| █ 5 | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| █ 6+ | 2.0% | 0.8% |
Indicates whether the heating in the property is solar powered.
| Solar heating | Tyne and Wear | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| █ solar | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| █ no solar | 99.9% | 99.9% |
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