Housing Density (Scottish categories)

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Persons per Room 1911 1931 1951
2 or less 231,530 Show data context 243,613 Show data context 290,212 Show data context
2 to 3 8,794 Show data context 5,019 Show data context 2,906 Show data context
Over 3 574 Show data context 537 Show data context 908 Show data context
Date: Source:
1911 - 1951 Census of Population

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Housing density grouped into under 2 persons per room, 2 to 3, and over 3. This set of categories enables us to map housing density for the whole of Britain in 1931 and 1951, when the least dense category used by the Scottish census was "under 2".


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cambridgeshire through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Scottish categories), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10168466/cube/HOUS_DENSITY_GEN_HIGH

Date accessed: 24th April 2024