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1921 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 18 : " Distribution of 10,000 Dwellings according to size of Occupation, and Average number of Families per Dwelling in certain Administrative Counties".
Proportion per 1,000 dwellings having | Aver- age no. of rooms per dwell- ing. | Average number of families per dwelling of | |||||||||
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1-3 rooms. | 4-5 rooms. | 6-8 rooms. | 9 rooms and over. | 1-3 rooms. | 4-5 rooms. | 6-8 rooms. | 9 rooms and over. | All dwell- ings. | |||
Counties with the highest average number of rooms per dwelling: | |||||||||||
Radnorshire | 125 | 402 | 324 | 149 | 6.07 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.02 | |
Sussex, East | 87 | 445 | 344 | 124 | 6.02 | 1.02 | 1.10 | 1.28 | 1.38 | 1.19 | |
Isle of Wight | 50 | 469 | 379 | 102 | 5.97 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.04 | |
Middlesex | 60 | 404 | 455 | 81 | 5.90 | 1.02 | 1.11 | 1.40 | 1.45 | 1.26 | |
London | 181 | 272 | 423 | 124 | 5.85 | 1.02 | 1.28 | 1.88 | 2.20 | 1.60 | |
Surrey | 61 | 515 | 322 | 102 | 5.84 | 1.02 | 1.08 | 1.16 | 1.13 | 1.11 | |
Sussex, West | 75 | 508 | 320 | 97 | 5.81 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 1.12 | 1.18 | 1.08 | |
Devonshire | 134 | 408 | 340 | 118 | 5.79 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.34 | 1.55 | 1.21 | |
Westmorland | 148 | 415 | 341 | 96 | 5.71 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.01 | |
Merionethshire | 175 | 391 | 322 | 112 | 5.70 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.08 | 1.02 | |
Counties with the lowest average number of rooms per dwelling: | |||||||||||
Northumberland | 538 | 312 | 117 | 33 | 3.78 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.06 | |
Durham | 458 | 404 | 117 | 21 | 3.89 | 1.03 | 1.10 | 1.32 | 1.38 | 1.10 | |
Yorkshire, West Riding | 340 | 485 | 152 | 23 | 4.30 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.08 | 1.02 | |
Lancashire | 147 | 652 | 176 | 25 | 4.71 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.13 | 1.21 | 1.06 | |
Staffordshire | 141 | 626 | 210 | 23 | 4.74 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.04 | |
Worcestershire | 206 | 526 | 221 | 47 | 4.89 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.03 | |
Yorkshire, East Riding | 195 | 526 | 230 | 49 | 4.90 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.03 | |
Cumberland | 252 | 447 | 240 | 61 | 4.92 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.03 | |
Warwickshire | 199 | 461 | 307 | 33 | 5.01 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.17 | 1.06 | |
Nottinghamshire | 115 | 630 | 225 | 30 | 5.07 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.03 | |
Yorkshire, North Riding | 213 | 488 | 233 | 66 | 5.07 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.05 |