Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 395,374 Show data context 660,106 Show data context 514,337 Show data context
1971 665,936 Show data context 1,173,521 Show data context 418,361 Show data context
1981 620,474 Show data context 974,364 Show data context 184,421 Show data context
1991 1,049,785 Show data context 765,841 Show data context 199,095 Show data context
2001 1,372,101 Show data context 472,894 Show data context 347,248 Show data context
2011 1,470,986 Show data context 312,745 Show data context 589,046 Show data context
Date: Source:
1961 - 2011 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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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, Scotland GovOf through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13146111/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 24th April 2024