West Yorkshire 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 371,111 Show data context 224,329 Show data context 120,104 Show data context 1,152 Show data context
1981 440,347 Show data context 228,053 Show data context 71,329 Show data context 6,304 Show data context
1991 530,862 Show data context 186,339 Show data context 84,084 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 573,446 Show data context 148,557 Show data context 112,944 Show data context 19,303 Show data context
2011 584,916 Show data context 115,626 Show data context 208,441 Show data context 13,469 Show data context
2021 600,339 Show data context 109,313 Show data context 240,842 Show data context 22,518 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, West Yorkshire 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/10056974/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 12th June 2026