Housing in WR1 3ET
What the homes in WR1 3ET are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Worcester Town North
- Council
- Worcester
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,654 (2024)
WR1 3ETWorcester
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (30%). Flats make up 44.9%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
61.7% of households in the WR1 3ET area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 29.2% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 37.7% own outright and 24% with a mortgage.
- Owned61.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.8%1%
- Private rented29.2%20.5%
- Social rented8.3%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. 47.3% 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 (24.9%). 14.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Worcester
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Worcester (August 2026, +5.3% 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 WR1 3ET (Worcester Town North) (about 1,654 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.