Housing in UB3 2LY
What the homes in UB3 2LY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hayes Town & Lake Farm
- Council
- Hillingdon
- Region
- London
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,952 (2024)
UB3 2LYHayes
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (38%). Flats make up 42.2%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
45.8% of households in the UB3 2LY area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 20.8% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 17.5% own outright and 28.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned45.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership9%1%
- Private rented20.8%20.5%
- Social rented24%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.4%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.0 people living in it. 20.4% 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 (26%). 37.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Hillingdon
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Hillingdon (August 2026, +2.5% 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 UB3 2LY (Hayes Town & Lake Farm) (about 1,952 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.