Swansea District : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 42,530 Show data context 20,753 Show data context 10,830 Show data context 696 Show data context
1981 49,767 Show data context 22,876 Show data context 6,321 Show data context 589 Show data context
1991 61,437 Show data context 17,898 Show data context 8,605 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 65,635 Show data context 13,488 Show data context 12,777 Show data context 2,414 Show data context
2011 66,567 Show data context 13,104 Show data context 22,034 Show data context 1,792 Show data context
2021 65,720 Show data context 12,268 Show data context 24,226 Show data context 2,771 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 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table UV063, "Tenure households", for All households)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS405UK, "Tenure - Households")
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Tenure of Household" (9-way))

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The early censuses reported the total number of families rather than households, and then sometimes provided a classification of families by occupation.


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

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Date accessed: 28th July 2026