Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 47,816 Show data context 27,697 Show data context 34,028 Show data context
1971 70,583 Show data context 34,923 Show data context 25,546 Show data context
1981 94,602 Show data context 38,752 Show data context 19,115 Show data context
1991 132,409 Show data context 30,381 Show data context 20,565 Show data context
2001 156,419 Show data context 15,702 Show data context 38,461 Show data context
2011 159,396 Show data context 13,421 Show data context 54,172 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, Somerset through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10089827/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 27th April 2024