Housing in SG2 0BB
What the homes in SG2 0BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Chells South
- Council
- Stevenage
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,208 (2024)
SG2 0BBStevenage
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (60%). Flats make up 22.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
53.2% of households in the SG2 0BB area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 14.9% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 19.4% own outright and 33.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned53.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership4.3%1%
- Private rented14.9%20.5%
- Social rented27.4%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 2.5 people living in it. 25% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (24.6%). 34.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Stevenage
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Stevenage (August 2026, +4.4% 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 SG2 0BB (Chells South) (about 2,208 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.