What the median number of days a household spends in temporary accommodation is, broken down by household type.

Homelessness data, which includes information about temporary accommodation placements, is available for all local authorities from 2017-18. The following table shows the median total time in days spent in temporary accommodation for households with homelessness applications that closed in each year from 2017/18 by household type. The figures are based on homelessness applications with at least one associated temporary accommodation placement.
Median total time (days) spent in temporary accommodation, by household type: 2017-18 to 2021-22
Household type
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
All
116
117
116
129
121
Single Person
106
105
106
118
111
Single Parent
134
139
134
160
146
Couple
119
115
117
132
128
Couple with Children
192
194
188
270
211
Other
124
133
129
151
138
Other with Children
166
172
162
190
171
Source: HL1 and HL3 dataset as at 18/08/2022
Notes on tables:
Figures may be based on the total duration of multiple temporary accommodation placements taken up by a household. A complete set of temporary accommodation placement data is not available prior to 2017-18. Figures refer to households with a homeless application that closed in the given year that took up temporary accommodation.
Information on household type is derived from the information on household type as at the time of the original homelessness application, and therefore may not reflect the actual composition of the household whilst in temporary accommodation. "Other" includes households with 2 adults that are not a couple or households with more than 2 adults.