Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 34,390 Show data context 40,555 Show data context 28,730 Show data context
1971 40,756 Show data context 55,262 Show data context 13,581 Show data context
1981 47,714 Show data context 55,164 Show data context 7,459 Show data context
1991 61,465 Show data context 43,178 Show data context 8,418 Show data context
2001 69,639 Show data context 30,647 Show data context 15,113 Show data context
2011 69,836 Show data context 27,587 Show data context 24,075 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, Sandwell District through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10057220/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 13th May 2024