Housing in FY4 5FF
What the homes in FY4 5FF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Common Edge
- Council
- Blackpool
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,851 (2024)
FY4 5FFBlackpool
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (30%). Flats make up 21.7%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
59.4% of households in the FY4 5FF area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 19.3% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 35.8% own outright and 23.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned59.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented19.3%20.5%
- Social rented20.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 43.3% 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 66 or over (23.7%). 18.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Blackpool
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Blackpool (August 2026, +7% 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 FY4 5FF (Common Edge) (about 1,851 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.