the East Government Region : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 766,229 Show data context 429,482 Show data context 259,561 Show data context 14,728 Show data context
1981 1,034,115 Show data context 471,276 Show data context 154,648 Show data context 41,162 Show data context
1991 1,406,243 Show data context 351,105 Show data context 223,056 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 1,622,791 Show data context 258,932 Show data context 306,373 Show data context 44,015 Show data context
2011 1,655,621 Show data context 188,886 Show data context 547,672 Show data context 30,856 Show data context
2021 1,740,813 Show data context 186,622 Show data context 643,554 Show data context 57,559 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, the East Government Region through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Housing Tenure (Simplified), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10099249/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 10th June 2026