Housing Density (Generalised)

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Year 1 or less 1 to 1.5 Over 1.5
1911 133,827 Show data context 49,383 Show data context 24,752 Show data context
1931 158,442 Show data context 45,260 Show data context 27,021 Show data context
1951 165,352 Show data context 34,127 Show data context 13,809 Show data context
1961 171,321 Show data context 23,051 Show data context 7,413 Show data context
1971 167,152 Show data context 13,910 Show data context 3,656 Show data context
1981 160,700 Show data context 7,137 Show data context 1,507 Show data context
1991 162,661 Show data context 5,499 Show data context 1,568 Show data context
2001 174,948 Show data context 4,737 Show data context 1,416 Show data context
2011 191,748 Show data context 6,644 Show data context 1,660 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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Date accessed: 19th May 2024