Edinburgh City through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Scottish categories)

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Housing Density (Scottish categories)

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Persons per Room	1911	1931	1951
2 or less	214,561	593,546	774,619
2 to 3	105,719	143,984	76,898
Over 3	95,641	86,691	18,639

Date:	Source:
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 27 A, 'Size of Household in Houses of stated size in - County'
1931	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 21 , 'Quinquennial Age-Groups and Conjugal Condition (All Ages) - All Burghs and Districts of Counties'
1951	1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 21 , 'Houses: Population by number enumerated per room', for 'Counties, Districts of Counties, Cities, Wards of Cities, Burghs, Districts of Counties, Landwards of Counties'

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Housing density grouped into under 2 persons per room, 2 to 3, and over 3. This set of categories enables us to map housing density for the whole of Britain in 1931 and 1951, when the least dense category used by the Scottish census was "under 2".

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Housing Density (Scottish categories)