One of the real tests to see if an area is suited to your tastes is to look at the composition of the household tenure types. In The Heatons, the mix of different household tenure types is as follows:
| Owned outright | 34.2% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 38.1% |
| Shared ownership | 0.4% |
| Social rented | 11.2% |
| Private rented | 16.1% |
(Dated April 2017)
