Administrative unit

Bath and North East Somerset UA

District/Unitary Authority

Housing Density (Generalised)

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Year 1 or less 1 to 1.5 Over 1.5
1911 66,232 Show data context 22,724 Show data context 18,670 Show data context
1931 76,937 Show data context 17,746 Show data context 11,803 Show data context
1951 100,533 Show data context 20,140 Show data context 8,784 Show data context
1961 117,864 Show data context 16,705 Show data context 5,219 Show data context
1971 137,721 Show data context 10,140 Show data context 1,961 Show data context
1981 146,489 Show data context 5,141 Show data context 650 Show data context
1991 151,953 Show data context 3,374 Show data context 683 Show data context
2001 160,828 Show data context 2,755 Show data context 654 Show data context
2011 166,653 Show data context 2,776 Show data context 548 Show data context
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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This industrial classification was used in the Industry Reports of both the 1951 Census of England and Wales and the 1951 Census of Scotland, and it is always broken down by gender. The classification is defined in Census 1951: Classification of Industries (London: H.M.S.O., 1952).


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bath and North East Somerset UA through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Generalised), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 04th November 2024