Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 294,793 Show data context 166,545 Show data context 212,257 Show data context
1971 370,823 Show data context 224,698 Show data context 121,294 Show data context
1981 439,412 Show data context 227,648 Show data context 77,492 Show data context
1991 529,762 Show data context 186,042 Show data context 84,321 Show data context
2001 573,431 Show data context 148,491 Show data context 132,115 Show data context
2011 584,916 Show data context 115,626 Show data context 221,910 Show data context
Date: Source:
1961 - 2011 Census of Population

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From 1961 the census has gathered data on whether households owned or rented their homes, and if rented who from. Individual censuses provided different details, but here we present a simple classification which is possible for all dates. Note that housing rented from Housing Associations has to be included with private rentals, separately from "council housing".


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, West Yorkshire Met.C through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056974/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 28th April 2024