Housing in HU2 8DT
What the homes in HU2 8DT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hull City Centre
- Council
- Kingston upon Hull
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,329 (2024)
HU2 8DTHull
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (56%). Flats make up 70.9%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
15.1% of households in the HU2 8DT area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 57% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 7.9% own outright and 7.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned15.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented57%20.5%
- Social rented27.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.2%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. 54.5% 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 (48.5%). 11.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Kingston upon Hull
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Kingston upon Hull (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 HU2 8DT (Hull City Centre) (about 1,329 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.