Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 189,449 Show data context 52,074 Show data context 82,141 Show data context
1971 246,562 Show data context 69,081 Show data context 52,725 Show data context
1981 281,663 Show data context 77,813 Show data context 34,827 Show data context
1991 333,714 Show data context 56,770 Show data context 41,841 Show data context
2001 357,493 Show data context 35,843 Show data context 75,588 Show data context
2011 354,729 Show data context 21,019 Show data context 120,551 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, Lancashire through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10097848/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 24th April 2024