Housing Density (Generalised)

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Year 1 or less 1 to 1.5 Over 1.5
1911 7,128 Show data context 2,851 Show data context 1,780 Show data context
1931 13,521 Show data context 4,087 Show data context 2,558 Show data context
1951 21,940 Show data context 4,407 Show data context 1,770 Show data context
1961 46,328 Show data context 6,307 Show data context 2,132 Show data context
1971 62,080 Show data context 4,093 Show data context 483 Show data context
1981 70,220 Show data context 2,276 Show data context 174 Show data context
1991 72,918 Show data context 1,342 Show data context 184 Show data context
2001 76,700 Show data context 1,112 Show data context 215 Show data context
2011 81,203 Show data context 1,303 Show data context 230 Show data context
Date: Source:
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Housing, Table 2 , 'Tenements in the Occupation of Private Families. - Classified by Number of Rooms and by Numbers of Occupants, in each Administrative County and in the Aggregates of Urban Districts (exclusive of County Boroughs) and of Rural Districts; also in Urban Districts (other than County Boroughs) and in Rural Districts, 1911'
1931 - 1951 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 11 , 'Private Families and Rooms Occupied'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 19 , 'Population in all Private Households by Density of occupation (persons per room)', for 'LAA, Con, NT'
1971 1971 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part II, Table 24 , 'Persons in permanent buildings by density of occupation (persons per room)', for 'AC, CB, Urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, Aggregates of MB and UD and aggregates of RD, NT and Con Centres. Urban Areas with populations of less than 50,000 and RD'
1981 - 2001 Census of Population
2011 Office for National Statistics, Neighbourhood Statistics (QS409EW)

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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Rochford District through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Generalised), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 14th May 2024