Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 101,584 Show data context 85,354 Show data context 51,405 Show data context
1971 146,252 Show data context 111,888 Show data context 41,763 Show data context
1981 190,654 Show data context 113,392 Show data context 30,781 Show data context
1991 263,511 Show data context 83,701 Show data context 33,757 Show data context
2001 305,178 Show data context 60,481 Show data context 55,000 Show data context
2011 307,216 Show data context 41,731 Show data context 104,870 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".


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Hertfordshire through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10105316/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 24th April 2024