Housing in the Milton Keynes Area

What this section contains:

• Key message about Housing in the Milton Keynes area.
  
  
• Digest of supporting facts.

Key Message

The Milton Keynes area provides a choice of homes in modern and traditional settings to suit all ages and tastes.

Supporting Facts

The future of Milton Keynes is being determined by the proposals for new housing and related development. Over the period 2001-2031 there is planned to be an 80 percent increase in the numbers of households (from 87,437 to 157,970) as part of the growth plans outlined for the Milton Keynes and South Midlands sub-region. This includes an increase of 16,320 households (17 percent) over the period up to 2010-11

Campbell Heights

Housing in Milton Keynes tends to be low density, in line with the design guidelines and vision set out during the original planning for the city. Of the few higher density housing areas, the majority are located in Central Milton Keynes. The most notable of these is the new multi-storey development at Campbell Heights.

Housing growth to 2021 is planned to be an additional 46,833 dwellings with a further 23,700 planned provisionally for the period 2021 to 2031. This equates to almost a 90 percent increase in the number of dwellings in Milton Keynes urban area.

The houses in Milton Keynes are very varied and range from period housing in some of the older towns and villages to more modern housing in newer districts, all varying greatly in price. About 1,000 new houses are built for sale each year.

There are approximately 93,136 houses in the Borough of Milton Keynes. 30,000 houses remain to be built

Age of housing stock in Milton Keynes Borough:
pre 1919 – 12%; 1920-44 – 3%; 1945-64 – 8%; post 1964 – 77%.

Tenure of housing stock in Milton Keynes Borough:
Milton Keynes Council rental – 17%; Housing Association – 6%; Private rental – 4%; Shared ownership - 3%; Owner occupied – 70%.

Middleton Housing

The average price of a semi detached in Milton Keynes is £159, 224 compared to the average in the south east of £209,807

Milton Keynes Council is part of the National Mobility Scheme to help businesses, their staff and their families relocate to the city.

Milton Keynes Council is ranked in the top ten of local housing authorities in the South East by the Government Office for the South East.

There are over 30 sheltered housing schemes to enable older people to carry on living independently.

A new retirement village has been built near Willen Lake

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