England and Wales Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Housing

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Total Houses

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Year	Total Houses
1821	1,941,713
1831	2,631,683
1841	3,144,480
1851	3,461,083
1881	5,264,917
1891	5,878,926
1901	6,778,794
1921	7,760,423
1931	9,119,697
1951	12,087,346
1961	14,332,183

Date	Source
1821	1821 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1831	1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1841 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891	1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901	1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'

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England and Wales Country (Dep) : Total Houses

Total Houses