Watford District : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 14,825 Show data context 5,266 Show data context 5,069 Show data context 111 Show data context
1981 16,844 Show data context 6,683 Show data context 2,777 Show data context 378 Show data context
1991 20,896 Show data context 5,270 Show data context 3,278 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 23,614 Show data context 4,436 Show data context 3,996 Show data context 286 Show data context
2011 23,034 Show data context 1,469 Show data context 11,889 Show data context 289 Show data context
2021 22,274 Show data context 1,530 Show data context 15,115 Show data context 680 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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nCube definition


Houses categorised by occupancy.


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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056779/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 11th June 2026