Dover District : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 16,940 Show data context 7,863 Show data context 8,664 Show data context 112 Show data context
1981 21,913 Show data context 9,186 Show data context 4,717 Show data context 1,157 Show data context
1991 29,470 Show data context 6,117 Show data context 5,683 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 31,752 Show data context 4,961 Show data context 6,595 Show data context 1,055 Show data context
2011 32,387 Show data context 4,277 Show data context 10,841 Show data context 805 Show data context
2021 33,868 Show data context 4,199 Show data context 11,228 Show data context 1,279 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 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, Dover District through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Housing Tenure (Simplified), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056792/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 11th June 2026