Housing in London 2025

Published On: 19th March 2026

The most recent Housing in London report includes five thematic chapters:

  1. Demographic, economic and housing context
  2. Housing stock and supply
  3. Housing costs and affordability
  4. Housing needs, including homelessness and overcrowding
  5. Mobility and decent homes

A PDF version is available here, while the data for this and previous reports can be found on the London Datastore here.

Housing in London is the evidence base for developing the Mayor’s Housing Strategy and for London Plan housing policies.

It has graphs (1.2 and 1.3) of London’s population trend from 1801 to 2024.

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