Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 16,976 Show data context 6,654 Show data context 8,099 Show data context
1971 23,502 Show data context 8,367 Show data context 6,701 Show data context
1981 30,179 Show data context 8,861 Show data context 5,155 Show data context
1991 36,578 Show data context 6,589 Show data context 4,939 Show data context
2001 40,582 Show data context 5,296 Show data context 6,782 Show data context
2011 41,092 Show data context 4,753 Show data context 10,295 Show data context
Date: Source:
1961 - 2001 Census of Population
1971 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of EW1971COU2_M25 does not appear in SRC_TAB]
2011 Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics (QS415EW)

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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, St Albans District through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10168685/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 24th April 2024