Kendal Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : House Occupancy

House Occupancy

Data cube chart.

Year Occupied Vacant Under Construction
1841 6,576 Show data context 575 Show data context 24 Show data context
1851 6,871 Show data context 334 Show data context 73 Show data context
1881 8,066 Show data context 459 Show data context 81 Show data context
1891 8,589 Show data context 486 Show data context 69 Show data context
1901 8,997 Show data context 726 Show data context 95 Show data context
Date Source
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'

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nCube definition


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, Kendal Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | House Occupancy, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10005437/cube/HOUSE_OCCUPANCY

Date accessed: 06th June 2026