Housing Density (Generalised)

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Year 1 or less 1 to 1.5 Over 1.5
1911 22,144 Show data context 7,266 Show data context 3,767 Show data context
1931 25,837 Show data context 5,457 Show data context 2,713 Show data context
1951 33,648 Show data context 5,671 Show data context 2,129 Show data context
1961 42,064 Show data context 6,248 Show data context 1,608 Show data context
1971 51,676 Show data context 3,754 Show data context 812 Show data context
1981 57,950 Show data context 1,778 Show data context 209 Show data context
1991 65,762 Show data context 954 Show data context 180 Show data context
2001 74,318 Show data context 759 Show data context 242 Show data context
2011 82,934 Show data context 915 Show data context 159 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, Harborough District through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Generalised), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 28th April 2024