Housing in BA1 2RF
What the homes in BA1 2RF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Central Bath & Lansdown
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,596 (2024)
BA1 2RFBath
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (45.1%). Flats make up 82.3%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
34.3% of households in the BA1 2RF area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 38.3% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 19.9% own outright and 14.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned34.3%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented38.3%20.5%
- Social rented26.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.8 people living in it. 44.6% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (34.5%). 11.8% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Bath and North East Somerset
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Bath and North East Somerset (August 2026, +7.4% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around BA1 2RF (Central Bath & Lansdown) (about 1,596 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.