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Housing facts and figures

The demand for housing is high in our borough and we do not have enough social housing to meet demand. Take a look at the housing register statistics for the period April 2023 to March 2024 to see how many households are on the housing register and how many are waiting to be housed.

Number of social housing properties let by us - April 2023 to March 2024

Houses of different sizes let by Guildford Borough Council between April 2023 to March 2024

Number of bedrooms and type of property

Numbers let

Studio flat

7

1 bedroomed bungalows

12

1 bedroomed flat

36

2 bedroomed bungalows

3

2 bedroomed flat

20

2 bedroom maisonette

2

2 bedroomed house

13

3 bedroomed flat

0

3 bedroomed house

17

3 bed 2 living room house

6

4 bed house

1

Sheltered flat for over-60s

29

Supported housing unit

2

One bed house
 
0

Total

148

 

Number of properties let by Housing Associations - April 2023 to March 2024

Houses of different sizes let by Housing Associations between April 2023 and March 2024

Number of bedrooms and type of property

Numbers of nominations

1 bedroomed bungalows

1

1 bedroomed flat

54

1 bedroom house
 
0
1 bedroom maisonette9

2 bedroomed bungalows

0

3 bedroomed bungalows

0

2 bedroomed flat

44

2 bedroomed house

33

2 bedroom maisonette

6

3 bedroomed house

25

4 bedroom flat

1

4 bedroomed house

1

Sheltered flat for over 60s

2

Supported flat

0
Total 176

 

Number of people on the Joint Housing Needs Register as of 31 March 2024

The table combines transfer and housing needs with band and bedroom.

 

Requiring 1-bed

Requiring 2-bed

Requiring 3-bed

Requiring 4-bed

Total

Band A

31

1

5

-

37

Band B

29

11

5

7

52

Band C

976

470

352

62

1860

Band D

75

72

15

4

166

Band E

83

45

21

2

151

Total

1194

599

398

75

2266

 

Average length of wait for applicants in Band C

The table below shows the average successful bid wait time for Band C housing applicants aged under 60 years old, not already in social housing, for the period April 2023 to March 2024.

Average length of wait for applicants in Band C

Number of bedrooms and type of property

Average length of wait in Band C

Studio flat

3 years and 1 month

1 bedroomed flat

3 years and 9 months

2 bedroomed flat

2 years and 3 months

2 bedroomed house

6 years and 1 months

3 bedroomed house and 3 bed 2 living room house

7 years and 11 months