Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 11,248 Show data context 33,117 Show data context 60,953 Show data context
1971 12,722 Show data context 47,609 Show data context 35,826 Show data context
1981 13,156 Show data context 54,163 Show data context 16,015 Show data context
1991 26,254 Show data context 49,395 Show data context 20,940 Show data context
2001 33,249 Show data context 44,807 Show data context 27,787 Show data context
2011 37,783 Show data context 37,628 Show data context 45,011 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, Southwark District through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10039680/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 19th May 2024