Housing in CV2 1RT
What the homes in CV2 1RT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Wyken Croft
- Council
- Coventry
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,135 (2024)
CV2 1RTCoventry
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (25.6%). Flats make up 23.8%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the CV2 1RT area is broadly in line with that, at 66.4%. The private rented sector is above the national picture, at 23.3% of households against 20.5%. 47.6% own outright and 18.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned66.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented23.3%20.5%
- Social rented9.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 46% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is living alone, under 66, at 25%. 15.2% 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. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood CV2 1RT sits in (Wyken Croft): about 1,135 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.