Merseyside Modern (post-1974) County (Met.C) : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 224,345 Show data context 172,269 Show data context 129,093 Show data context 530 Show data context
1981 275,160 Show data context 174,219 Show data context 75,125 Show data context 3,813 Show data context
1991 347,434 Show data context 125,710 Show data context 77,663 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 370,369 Show data context 88,284 Show data context 101,270 Show data context 11,585 Show data context
2011 366,989 Show data context 34,114 Show data context 193,778 Show data context 7,206 Show data context
2021 367,849 Show data context 31,288 Show data context 209,491 Show data context 12,367 Show data context
Date Source
1971 - 2021 Great Britain Historical GIS Project

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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".


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Merseyside Modern (post-1974) County (Met.C) through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Housing Tenure (Simplified), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056937/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 11th June 2026