Sefton District : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 55,238 Show data context 20,718 Show data context 23,633 Show data context 117 Show data context
1981 68,798 Show data context 19,671 Show data context 15,345 Show data context 923 Show data context
1991 81,921 Show data context 15,183 Show data context 15,235 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 86,659 Show data context 12,231 Show data context 15,978 Show data context 1,944 Show data context
2011 83,801 Show data context 4,911 Show data context 27,956 Show data context 1,262 Show data context
2021 82,868 Show data context 4,167 Show data context 33,547 Show data context 2,474 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


From 1991 the census has gathered data on whether or not households had central heating, in at least some of their rooms, and in 2011 this was the only "amenity" data gathered.


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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10084751/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 09th June 2026