Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 604,448 Show data context 435,656 Show data context 412,069 Show data context
1971 843,727 Show data context 560,696 Show data context 271,067 Show data context
1981 1,040,339 Show data context 584,335 Show data context 182,695 Show data context
1991 1,345,399 Show data context 450,343 Show data context 193,156 Show data context
2001 1,498,016 Show data context 307,120 Show data context 348,467 Show data context
2011 1,504,324 Show data context 249,835 Show data context 540,750 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, the West Midlands GovOf through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10204630/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 05th November 2024