Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 325,127 Show data context 273,991 Show data context 214,181 Show data context
1971 426,076 Show data context 345,271 Show data context 136,484 Show data context
1981 501,585 Show data context 342,843 Show data context 88,504 Show data context
1991 621,638 Show data context 268,014 Show data context 99,391 Show data context
2001 667,659 Show data context 198,534 Show data context 166,742 Show data context
2011 659,216 Show data context 163,676 Show data context 263,856 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 Met.C through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056962/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 02nd May 2024