Housing in HR9 5LY
What the homes in HR9 5LY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Ross-on-Wye
- Council
- Herefordshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,835 (2024)
HR9 5LYRoss-on-Wye
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (26.1%). Flats make up 43.7%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
50.2% of households in the HR9 5LY area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 37.9% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 34.9% own outright and 15.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned50.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.6%1%
- Private rented37.9%20.5%
- Social rented11.2%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. 50.3% 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 under 66 (27.5%). 14.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Herefordshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Herefordshire (August 2026, +2.9% 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 HR9 5LY (Ross-on-Wye) (about 1,835 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.