Housing in LA23 1HB
What the homes in LA23 1HB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Windermere North, Ambleside & Langdales
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,811 (2024)
LA23 1HBWindermere
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (37%). Flats make up 31.8%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
56.5% of households in the LA23 1HB area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 28.2% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 43.2% own outright and 13.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned56.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented28.2%20.5%
- Social rented15%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.9 people living in it. 40% 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 (25.3%). 12.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Westmorland and Furness
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Westmorland and Furness (August 2026, +6.4% 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 LA23 1HB (Windermere North, Ambleside & Langdales) (about 1,811 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.