Administrative unit

Central Bedfordshire UA

District/Unitary Authority

Housing Density (Generalised)

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Year 1 or less 1 to 1.5 Over 1.5
1911 48,442 Show data context 18,079 Show data context 11,754 Show data context
1931 58,368 Show data context 15,069 Show data context 8,198 Show data context
1951 84,463 Show data context 16,340 Show data context 6,265 Show data context
1961 121,996 Show data context 17,677 Show data context 6,392 Show data context
1971 155,990 Show data context 13,562 Show data context 2,735 Show data context
1981 196,393 Show data context 7,485 Show data context 1,183 Show data context
1991 210,723 Show data context 4,652 Show data context 876 Show data context
2001 225,854 Show data context 4,478 Show data context 937 Show data context
2011 247,123 Show data context 4,259 Show data context 738 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, Central Bedfordshire UA through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Generalised), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th November 2024