Scottish Borders Council : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 11,702 Show data context 13,901 Show data context 9,007 Show data context 62 Show data context
1981 13,371 Show data context 16,813 Show data context 3,752 Show data context 2,818 Show data context
1991 23,002 Show data context 12,786 Show data context 7,296 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 28,793 Show data context 6,767 Show data context 9,519 Show data context
2011 32,301 Show data context 0 Show data context 18,662 Show data context 1,535 Show data context
2021 34,903 Show data context 7,375 Show data context 1,599 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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From 1961 the census has gathered data on whether households owned or rented their homes, and if rented whom from. Here we present a simple classification which is possible for all dates. It is based on counts of households, rather than of persons within households. Note that, because of how the 1971 Census reported tenure, housing rented from Housing Associations has to be included with private rentals, separately from "council housing".


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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10032830/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 11th June 2026