Housing Density (Generalised)

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Year 1 or less 1 to 1.5 Over 1.5
1911 23,109 Show data context 8,859 Show data context 5,027 Show data context
1931 30,418 Show data context 7,244 Show data context 4,341 Show data context
1951 39,971 Show data context 7,921 Show data context 3,647 Show data context
1961 48,015 Show data context 7,658 Show data context 2,655 Show data context
1971 66,279 Show data context 5,903 Show data context 1,155 Show data context
1981 83,135 Show data context 3,446 Show data context 372 Show data context
1991 98,399 Show data context 2,295 Show data context 526 Show data context
2001 104,424 Show data context 1,614 Show data context 283 Show data context
2011 110,998 Show data context 2,018 Show data context 378 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, East Hampshire District through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Generalised), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th December 2024