Estimates of additional housing need in Wales (2019-based) by region, variant, tenure, and year

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Updates

28th January 2026

No changes made.

22nd January 2026

Removed from affordable housing category.

16th January 2026
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics
Data provider 1
Welsh Government
Data source 1
Homelessness data collection
Data provider 2
Welsh Government
Data source 2
Sub-national housing projections for Wales
Data provider 3
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source 3
2011 Census
Time period covered
April 2019 to March 2039

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

These are 2019-based estimates of overall additional housing need in Wales. They are based on estimates of existing unmet need and newly arising need. The overall estimates cover 20 years at both a national and a regional level.

Estimates of the need for additional housing units by tenure are based on a set of assumptions. Estimates of additional housing need by tenure are for the period 2019/20 to 2023/24 only.

The sum of the newly arising need for the four regions may differ from that for Wales due to rounding differences. Also, for some years under the lower variant, for North and Mid Wales the newly arising need is negative. This is set to zero within the region but included within the Wales newly arising need resulting in the Wales figure being lower than the sum of the four regions’ newly arising need.

Data collection or calculation

2018-based household projections have been used to calculate newly arising need. Existing unmet need is calculated from the 2011 Census and Households in Temporary Accommodation. Estimates of the need for additional housing units by tenure are based on a set of assumptions (see related article for further information).

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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
stats.housing@gov.wales