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Crawley has the fourth-largest share of homes in band C (47.6%) of the 296 councils in England. It also has the fifth-smallest share of homes built before 1919 (2.2%), the fourth-smallest share built between 1919 and 1939 (1.9%) and the fifth-largest share built from 1945 to 1964 (32.5%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. It also has the joint tenth-largest share of homes built from 1983 to 1999 (20.5%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA3B16C48D19E8F5G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA3B16C48D19E8F5G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Post-war building leads

Share of homes by build period; red line: England1%Before19001%1900–19182%1919–193932%1945–196427%1965–198220%1983–19999%2000–20156%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England1%<19001%19002%191932%194527%196520%19839%20006%2016

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964, from 1965 to 1982 (26.9%) and from 1983 to 1999. Some 2,950 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, the same as the middle home built before 2016. Bands A and B take 28.8% of these newer homes and 18.4% of the older ones. Homes from the three largest building periods share the same middle band, band C. The busiest single year was 2018, with 530 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 70 homes (+0.15%).

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026BCDBuilt before 2016BCDE

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Crawley gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 74.9%, with band C the largest single band. The share in bands A and B, 19.0%, is 24.1 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South East it is 25.3%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, B, E, F, A and G. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Adur. Band H, the top band, holds 10 homes.

Share of homes in each bandA2.7%B16.3%C47.6%D19.2%E8.1%F5.0%G1.0%H0.0%CrawleySouth EastEngland

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Crawley is terraced houses at 41.7%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (27.2%), semi-detached houses (15.8%), detached houses (11.8%) and bungalows (2.5%). The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in terraced houses: 18.2 points above the share there (23.5%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band D for semi-detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for terraced houses and band B for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Welwyn Hatfield, followed by Gosport and Coventry.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes27.2%ABCTerraced houses41.7%CDSemi-detached houses15.8%CDEDetached houses11.8%DEFGBungalows2.5%BCDEF

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (48.1%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.4%) and one-bedroom (14.6%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band C with three, band E with four and band F with five. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 12.8%. Homes here average 2.61 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom14.6%2 bedrooms24.4%3 bedrooms48.1%4 bedrooms11.4%5 bedrooms1.2%6+ bedrooms0.2%

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Crawley are Slough (14.9), Harlow (17.6) and Rushmoor (20.6); the furthest within the South East is Elmbridge (98.1).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Crawley comes 54th of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Swale and just ahead of Brighton and Hove. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveCrawley 6%2%40%