West Sussex Modern (post-1974) County : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 127,368 Show data context 43,206 Show data context 39,612 Show data context 1,821 Show data context
1981 167,554 Show data context 49,551 Show data context 24,739 Show data context 5,636 Show data context
1991 218,135 Show data context 34,885 Show data context 33,913 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 245,407 Show data context 21,224 Show data context 47,620 Show data context 6,598 Show data context
2011 246,955 Show data context 16,870 Show data context 77,105 Show data context 4,684 Show data context
2021 261,506 Show data context 16,941 Show data context 88,878 Show data context 7,975 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 Sussex Modern (post-1974) County through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Housing Tenure (Simplified), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10076857/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 11th June 2026