Colchester District : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 22,242 Show data context 8,424 Show data context 7,689 Show data context 237 Show data context
1981 31,655 Show data context 9,494 Show data context 4,134 Show data context 1,618 Show data context
1991 40,858 Show data context 8,131 Show data context 6,520 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 46,073 Show data context 6,948 Show data context 9,598 Show data context 1,064 Show data context
2011 47,832 Show data context 5,894 Show data context 17,165 Show data context 743 Show data context
2021 51,907 Show data context 5,646 Show data context 19,916 Show data context 2,254 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


Although the Agricultural Census reported on the same lists of counties and parishes as other reports, like the Census of Population, the acreages differ because the Agricultural Census usually included the whole of a farm within the parish in which the farmhouse was located. In mapping the 1801 Crop Returns, we use parish acreages from the 1831 Census of Population, if available, and otherwise the 1851 Census of Population. For counties in 1801, we include only the acreages of parishes which are included in the ...


returns and for which we have been able to find an acreage as these are the most appropriate areas to use as divisors if rates are to be computed relative to the total area of the unit, rather than the farmed area. Where available the total figure for the unit area excluding water is used here.


How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10076833/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 10th June 2026