Housing in B98 8PL
What the homes in B98 8PL 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
- 2,086 (2024)
B98 8PLRedditch
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (36.6%). Flats make up 20.9%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the B98 8PL area is well below that, at 39.8%. The private rented sector is broadly in line with the national picture, at 21.7% of households against 20.5%. 15.8% own outright and 23.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned39.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented21.7%20.5%
- Social rented37.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free1%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 29.9% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is couple with dependent children, at 19.1%. 29.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Redditch
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Redditch, August 2026, +11.1% on a year earlier. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood B98 8PL sits in (Redditch Town & Abbeydale): about 2,086 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.