Housing in CV1 5DY
What the homes in CV1 5DY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Lower Stoke & Gosford Park
- Council
- Coventry
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,139 (2024)
CV1 5DYCoventry
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (38.4%). Flats make up 47.8%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
10.6% of households in the CV1 5DY area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 75.9% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 6.1% own outright and 4.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned10.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership0%1%
- Private rented75.9%20.5%
- Social rented13%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.5%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 39.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (36.8%). 10.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Coventry
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Coventry (August 2026, +2.4% 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 CV1 5DY (Lower Stoke & Gosford Park) (about 2,139 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.