Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 64,548 Show data context 32,939 Show data context 51,119 Show data context
1971 96,582 Show data context 44,649 Show data context 40,454 Show data context
1981 128,478 Show data context 52,222 Show data context 33,223 Show data context
1991 174,158 Show data context 40,754 Show data context 37,612 Show data context
2001 200,893 Show data context 28,675 Show data context 51,588 Show data context
2011 211,061 Show data context 23,681 Show data context 76,003 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, Suffolk through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10084726/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 26th April 2024