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Housing in B98 8HJ

What the homes in B98 8HJ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.

Neighbourhood
Redditch Town & Abbeydale
Council
Redditch
Region
West Midlands
Neighbourhood population
2,068 (2024)
Property types

What homes look like here

The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (32.5%). Flats make up 41.5%, well above the 22.2% across England.

B98 8HJEngland
Detached8.7%22.9%
Semi-detached30.7%31.5%
Terraced19.2%23%
Purpose-built flat32.5%17.1%
Flat in a converted or shared house3.4%3.5%
Flat in a commercial or converted building5.6%1.7%
Caravan or mobile home0%0.4%
Tenure

Owning vs renting

42.9% of households in the B98 8HJ area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 39.1% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 20.5% own outright and 22.4% with a mortgage.

B98 8HJ
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39%
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England
  • Owned42.9%61.3%
  • Shared ownership1.7%1%
  • Private rented39.1%20.5%
  • Social rented16.1%17.1%
  • Lives rent free0.1%0.1%

By mortgage and landlord type

B98 8HJEngland
Owned outright20.5%32.5%
With a mortgage or loan22.4%28.8%
From a private landlord or letting agent36.8%18.2%
Other private rented2.3%2.2%
From the council9.4%8.3%
From a housing association6.7%8.8%
Occupancy

How many people live in each home

The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 32.3% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.

B98 8HJEngland
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Households

Who lives together

The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (24%). 22.4% of households include dependent children.

B98 8HJEngland
Living alone, under 6624%17.3%
Living alone, 66 and over8.4%12.8%
Couple, no children16.1%16.8%
Couple with dependent children15.9%18.9%
Couple with grown-up children5.7%6.3%
Lone parent with dependent children6.5%6.9%
Lone parent with grown-up children4.8%4.2%
Family, all aged 66 and over4%9.2%
Sharers and other households14.6%7.7%
Rents

Private rents in Redditch

Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Redditch (August 2026, +11.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.

RedditchEngland
All homes£976£1,459
One bedroom£681£1,195
Two bedrooms£881£1,335
Three bedrooms£1,053£1,489
Four or more£1,446£2,161
Detached£1,330£1,640
Semi-detached£1,023£1,449
Terraced£989£1,435
Flat or maisonette£753£1,444
About these figures

Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around B98 8HJ (Redditch Town & Abbeydale) (about 2,068 residents).

Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.

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