"Figure 1: Renters on median income could expect to spend around a quarter of their income on an average-priced rented home ","" "Percentage of household income spent on median rent, by income quartile, England, FYE 2013 to FYE 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. The household income refers to the gross household income of private renters only, not all tenures. " "Unit","Percent of household income spent on rent " "","" "Income quartile","Lower income (25th percentile)","Median income (50th percentile)","Higher income (75th percentile)" "2013","39.5","24.5","15.9" "2014","39.2","24.9","16.2" "2015","39.4","24.3","15.9" "2016","40.9","26.3","16.8" "2017","41.2","26.2","17.3" "2018","40.7","25.7","17.0" "2019","39.7","24.8","15.5" "2020","37.8","23.4","15.2"