Mid Sussex District through time | Housing Statistics

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Housing Density (Generalised)

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Year	1 or less	1 to 1.5	Over 1.5
1911	24,459	8,625	5,095
1931	33,132	6,362	2,792
1951	47,790	6,888	2,011
1961	65,755	7,033	1,480
1971	86,678	4,877	803
1981	110,127	3,277	487
1991	115,966	2,087	455
2001	122,426	1,675	323
2011	134,315	2,401	575

Date:	Source:
1911	1911 Census of England and Wales, Housing, Table 2 , 'Tenements in the Occupation of Private Families. - Classified by Number of Rooms and by Numbers of Occupants, in each Administrative County and in the Aggregates of Urban Districts (exclusive of County Boroughs) and of Rural Districts; also in Urban Districts (other than County Boroughs) and in Rural Districts, 1911'
1931 - 1951	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 11 , 'Private Families and Rooms Occupied'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 19 , 'Population in all Private Households by Density of occupation (persons per room)', for 'LAA, Con, NT'
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part II, Table 24 , 'Persons in permanent buildings by density of occupation (persons per room)', for 'AC, CB, Urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, Aggregates of MB and UD and aggregates of RD, NT and Con Centres. Urban Areas with populations of less than 50,000 and RD'
1981 - 2001	Census of Population
2011	Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics (QS409EW)

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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.

Administrative unit

Mid Sussex District

District/Unitary Authority

Housing Density (Generalised)