"Figure 11: Average weekly social rent cost as a percentage of tenth percentile weekly salary, by country","" "England and Wales, 2003 to 2016","" "","" "Notes","1. Data from [Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2017provisionaland2016revisedresults), [Private Registered Provider average weekly rents](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies) and [Average weekly rents](https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Social-Housing-Stock-and-Rents/averageweeklyrentsinselfcontainedstockatsocialrent-by-providertype-year). 2. Data for England is based on average social rent from Privately Registered Providers general needs units only. Data for Wales is the average rent for all social housing stock (self-contained general needs, sheltered, other supported and extra care units). 3. Social rent cost data for is England is at 31 March 2016, Wales is based on 2016/2017. 4. Data from ASHE relate to full-time workplace-based earnings as at April for each year." "Unit","Percentage of salary" "","" "","England","Wales" "2003","25.04","22.51" "2004","25.12","21.96" "2005","25.78","22.46" "2006","26.08","22.86" "2007","26.08","23.28" "2008","26.44","23.87" "2009","26.94","24.62" "2010","28.04","24.96" "2011","28.17","25.87" "2012","29.26","26.73" "2013","30.71","26.90" "2014","31.90","28.00" "2015","32.25","28.46" "2016","31.51","28.07"