Housing Density (Generalised)

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Year 1 or less 1 to 1.5 Over 1.5
1911 47,093 Show data context 16,234 Show data context 7,840 Show data context
1931 52,994 Show data context 12,552 Show data context 6,722 Show data context
1951 61,634 Show data context 9,248 Show data context 3,109 Show data context
1961 67,652 Show data context 6,695 Show data context 1,780 Show data context
1971 81,452 Show data context 4,797 Show data context 740 Show data context
1981 93,815 Show data context 2,919 Show data context 431 Show data context
1991 102,464 Show data context 2,344 Show data context 322 Show data context
2001 108,063 Show data context 2,250 Show data context 363 Show data context
2011 111,088 Show data context 2,083 Show data context 348 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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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Waveney District through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Generalised), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 27th April 2024