Economy | National Statistical

Bricks, mortar and data: understanding house and rent price statistics

Bringing Data to Life
May 21, 2025

Categories: Data, Economy, Housing, ONS

Whether you’re moving house or just curious about the market, housing prices play a big role not just in our wallets, but across the wider economy too. Our upcoming Bringing data to life webinar will explore key questions like: How can we track changes in housing costs? How much are average rent and house prices changing over time? And how can you explore the data for yourself?

Public services productivity – exploring statistical frontiers

Richard Heys
March 13, 2025

Categories: Data, ONS, Productivity, Public Policy

Image of graphs and money, indicating financial markets

The findings of the National Statistician’s Independent Review of Public Services Productivity measurement have been published today. Richard Heys and…

National population projections: past, present and future

James Robards
January 28, 2025

Categories: Census, Economy, Education, migration, ONS, Population

Many National Statistical blogs over the last 12 months have provided updates on new releases and insights from our range…

Futureproofing our headline inflation statistics

Mike Hardie
January 23, 2025

Categories: Data, Economy, Office for National Statistics, ONS

At the ONS, we have been working hard to transform our consumer price statistics by reducing our reliance on traditional…

Bringing data to life: pricing up the cost of living

Bringing Data to Life
November 6, 2024

Categories: Data, Economy, Education, Office for National Statistics, ONS

What does an air fryer, a loaf of bread and vinyl records have in common? Well, these are just a few of the items tracked by the ONS to help us determine how the prices of a wide range of goods and services change annually in the UK. That’s the subject of our next webinar in the ‘Bringing data to life’ series.