Housing Tenure

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Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority Other Rented
1961 381,362 Show data context 198,239 Show data context 295,975 Show data context
1971 477,202 Show data context 277,259 Show data context 172,613 Show data context
1981 536,121 Show data context 310,355 Show data context 93,536 Show data context
1991 637,209 Show data context 252,239 Show data context 104,659 Show data context
2001 680,255 Show data context 184,199 Show data context 175,744 Show data context
2011 684,097 Show data context 134,369 Show data context 309,600 Show data context
Date: Source:
1961 - 2011 Census of Population

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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, Greater Manchester Met.C through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Tenure, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056925/cube/HOUS_TENURE_GEN

Date accessed: 26th April 2024