Cheltenham Housing Supply & Student Accommodation

Net additional dwellings built each year in Cheltenham, plus the split between student and other communal accommodation.

Cheltenham Housing Supply

How many extra homes Cheltenham has actually gained each year — new builds, conversions and change of use, minus demolitions — going back to 2001.

Alongside general house building, communal accommodation (halls of residence and other shared housing) is tracked separately and split between student and non-student use, giving a rough read on how much purpose-built student housing has been added or lost year to year.

Net Additional Dwellings by Year

Year Net Additional Dwellings
2001-02 323
2002-03 275
2003-04 440
2004-05 443
2005-06 310
2006-07 791
2007-08 414
2008-09 209
2009-10 128
2010-11 -5
2011-12 22
2012-13 260
2013-14 399
2014-15 273
2015-16 383
2016-17 283
2017-18 479
2018-19 769
2019-20 443
2020-21 372
2021-22 114
2022-23 273
2023-24 315
2024-25 312

Net additional dwellings data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government's live tables on housing supply (Table 122). Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Student & Other Communal Accommodation

Net change in communal accommodation (student halls and other shared housing), split by whether it's classed as student or other accommodation, reported both as council tax valuation listings and as individual bedspaces.

Year Metric Student Net Change Other Net Change Total Net Change
2014-15 Council Tax Listings 0 31 31
2015-16 Bedspaces 0 -71 -71
2015-16 Council Tax Listings 0 -1 -1
2016-17 Bedspaces 0 -20 -20
2016-17 Council Tax Listings 0 0 0
2017-18 Bedspaces 577 81 658
2017-18 Council Tax Listings 89 56 145
2018-19 Bedspaces -20 0 -20
2018-19 Council Tax Listings -4 0 -4
2019-20 Bedspaces 0 24 24
2019-20 Council Tax Listings 0 5 5
2020-21 Bedspaces 0 0 0
2020-21 Council Tax Listings 0 0 0
2021-22 Bedspaces 0 0 0
2021-22 Council Tax Listings 0 0 0
2022-23 Bedspaces 0 0 0
2022-23 Council Tax Listings 0 0 0
2023-24 Bedspaces 0 0 0
2023-24 Council Tax Listings 0 0 0
2024-25 Bedspaces 0 66 66
2024-25 Council Tax Listings 0 37 37

Communal accommodation data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government's live tables on housing supply (Table 124). Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last fetched 14 September 2026.