West Lothian Council : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 4,388 Show data context 27,150 Show data context 2,346 Show data context 52 Show data context
1981 9,749 Show data context 33,932 Show data context 1,461 Show data context 397 Show data context
1991 26,308 Show data context 26,396 Show data context 2,238 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 40,685 Show data context 16,009 Show data context 6,602 Show data context
2011 46,424 Show data context 12,812 Show data context 13,531 Show data context 631 Show data context
2021 52,079 Show data context 7,030 Show data context 1,114 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 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV64, Tenure by Household)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS405UK, "Tenure - Households")
2021 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV404, "Household tenure - Households", covering "All occupied households")

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The 1801 Crop Returns simply listed the acreage of a series of named crops. These data simply record computed totals of these acreages for each unit, and should not be treated as unit areas. This is true for parishes, and even more true for counties as many parishes are completely missing.


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

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Date accessed: 11th June 2026