Fife Council : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 25,434 Show data context 65,999 Show data context 15,540 Show data context 204 Show data context
1981 37,224 Show data context 68,974 Show data context 6,940 Show data context 3,230 Show data context
1991 76,515 Show data context 50,448 Show data context 9,953 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 97,268 Show data context 34,929 Show data context 12,969 Show data context
2011 104,266 Show data context 29,009 Show data context 25,899 Show data context 1,778 Show data context
2021 110,806 Show data context 18,788 Show data context 3,049 Show data context
Date Source
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Table SAS19: "Households Tenure: Households with residents")
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (SAS13: "Tenure: Household with residents, residents in households, rooms in household spaces")
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S20 Tenure and amenities: Households with residents [100%])
2001 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV64, Tenure by Household)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS405UK, "Tenure - Households")
2021 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV404, "Household tenure - Households", covering "All occupied households")

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The census small area statistics for 2001 record whether households had sole use of a bath or shower AND sole use of a toilet. These data are not easily compared with earlier data which record access to baths/showers and to toilets separately.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Fife Council through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Housing Tenure (Simplified), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 11th June 2026