Merthyr Tydfil District : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 10,631 Show data context 6,510 Show data context 2,986 Show data context 130 Show data context
1981 11,663 Show data context 8,278 Show data context 1,365 Show data context 164 Show data context
1991 14,850 Show data context 5,923 Show data context 2,196 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 15,540 Show data context 4,027 Show data context 2,719 Show data context 883 Show data context
2011 15,885 Show data context 2,379 Show data context 5,548 Show data context 452 Show data context
2021 16,143 Show data context 2,166 Show data context 6,785 Show data context 686 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


The full National Statistics Socio-cconomic Classification includes classes for persons of working age who were outside the workforce, i.e. those who have never worked, the long-term unemployed and full-time students, who are included here as a separate sub-total and should be excluded in the calculation of rates.


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

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Date accessed: 06th June 2026