England Country (Dep) : House Occupancy

House Occupancy

Data cube chart.

Year Occupied Vacant Under Construction
1821 1,714,293 Show data context 56,193 Show data context 16,510 Show data context
1831 2,308,220 Show data context 116,652 Show data context 23,293 Show data context
1841 2,725,879 Show data context 161,408 Show data context 25,428 Show data context
1851 3,045,423 Show data context 142,913 Show data context 25,008 Show data context
1881 4,516,554 Show data context 363,505 Show data context 44,069 Show data context
1891 5,116,612 Show data context 351,366 Show data context 35,003 Show data context
1901 5,860,695 Show data context 422,504 Show data context 58,278 Show data context
1921 7,246,592 Show data context
1931 8,544,644 Show data context
1951 11,400,080 Show data context
1961 13,536,416 Show data context
Date Source
1821 1821 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1831 1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1841 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'

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Date Acknowledgments
1831 David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

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nCube definition


Houses categorised by occupancy.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, England Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | House Occupancy, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10061325/cube/HOUSE_OCCUPANCY

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026