How old were you when you bought your first home or have you never bought one?

7 April 2015

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The government has announced a new Help to Buy ISA where it’ll add 25% onto the deposit savings of first time buyers. So with this in mind, we wanted to see if the age people buy their first home has changed over the years.

Have you bought a home and if so how old were you the first time you did it?

The government has announced a new Help to Buy ISA where it’ll add 25% onto the deposit savings of first time buyers. So with this in mind, we wanted to see if the age people buy their first home has changed over the years.

Have you bought a home and if so how old were you the first time you did it?

Results

I’m in my teens (366 votes)

I’ve bought a home		246 votes (67%)
I haven’t bought a home		120 votes (33%)

I’m in my 20s (6010 votes)

I bought my first home in my teens		248 votes (4%)
I bought my first home in my 20s		4419 votes (74%)
I haven’t bought a home		1343 votes (22%)

I’m in my 30s (8018 votes)

I bought my first home in my teens		326 votes (4%)
I bought my first home in my 20s		4480 votes (56%)
I bought my first home in my 30s		1882 votes (23%)
I haven’t bought a home		1330 votes (17%)

I’m in my 40s (8000 votes)

I bought my first home in my teens		690 votes (9%)
I bought my first home in my 20s		5250 votes (66%)
I bought my first home in my 30s		1157 votes (14%)
I bought my first home in my 40s		336 votes (4%)
I haven’t bought a home		567 votes (7%)

I’m in my 50s (7386 votes)

I bought my first home in my teens		698 votes (9%)
I bought my first home in my 20s		5402 votes (73%)
I bought my first home in my 30s		823 votes (11%)
I bought my first home in my 40s		172 votes (2%)
I bought my first home in my 50s		71 votes (1%)
I haven’t bought a home		220 votes (3%)

I’m in my 60s (6053 votes)

I bought my first home in my teens		338 votes (6%)
I bought my first home in my 20s		4530 votes (75%)
I bought my first home in my 30s		830 votes (14%)
I bought my first home in my 40s		178 votes (3%)
I bought my first home in my 50s		54 votes (1%)
I bought my first home in my 60s		29 votes (0%)
I haven’t bought a home		94 votes (2%)

I’m in my 70s (1733 votes)

I bought my first home in my teens		41 votes (2%)
I bought my first home in my 20s		1258 votes (73%)
I bought my first home in my 30s		302 votes (17%)
I bought my first home in my 40s		85 votes (5%)
I bought my first home in my 50s		21 votes (1%)
I bought my first home in my 60s		6 votes (0%)
I bought my first home in my 70s		2 votes (0%)
I haven’t bought a home		18 votes (1%)

I’m 80 or older (315 votes)

I bought my first home in my teens		6 votes (2%)
I bought my first home in my 20s		142 votes (45%)
I bought my first home in my 30s		68 votes (22%)
I bought my first home in my 40s		16 votes (5%)
I bought my first home in my 50s		7 votes (2%)
I bought my first home in my 60s		1 votes (0%)
I bought my first home in my 70s		1 votes (0%)
I bought my first home in my 80s		7 votes (2%)
I haven’t bought a home		67 votes (21%)

                   37,881 votes received.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.