Altogether last year*, 222,194 new† dwellings were built in England.
* April 2017 - March 2018
† Net change = newly constructed buildings minus demolitions Data:here
14% of those new dwellings (31,723) were in London.
15,909 were in Inner London, and 15,814 in Outer London - a fifty-fifty split.
London had the second highest regional total, behind the South East (39,263).
The North East added the fewest new dwellings (9774).
London has 15% of England's housing stock (3,556,161 out of 24,172,165).
Inner London has 1½ million dwellings.
Outer London has 2 million.
Last year London's housing stock increased by 0.9%.
Last year London's population increased by 1.1%.
The five boroughs with the most new dwellings were Wandsworth (2247), Barnet (2208), Croydon (2076), Tower Hamlets (2003) and Greenwich (1901).
The five boroughs with the fewest new dwellings were the City of London (138), Kingston (237), Bexley (277), Havering (277) and Kensington and Chelsea (335).
The figures vary significantly from year to year (according to which projects are completed).
The previous year Tower Hamlets was top (4827), followed by Croydon (2835) and Southwark (2412).
For a fairer impression, consider the number of new dwellings over the last ten years.
Across London, 280,439 additional dwellings were built.
Tower Hamlets built the most new dwellings over the last decade (23,005).
Wandsworth was in a distant second place (15,936).
Four boroughs added fourteen-thousand-and-something new dwellings - Barnet, Croydon, Newham and Southwark.
Unsurprisingly, the City of London built the fewest new dwellings over the last decade (1030).
The other sluggards are Kingston (2329), Kensington and Chelsea (3034), Merton (3614) and Richmond (3683).
Between them, the top six boroughs added more new dwellings than the bottom nineteen.
Generally speaking, Inner London boroughs deliver more new homes than Outer London boroughs.
