Dorset Ancient County : House Occupancy

House Occupancy

Data cube chart.

Year Occupied Vacant Under Construction
1821 25,926 Show data context 766 Show data context 278 Show data context
1831 29,303 Show data context 1,200 Show data context 310 Show data context
1841 34,560 Show data context 2,021 Show data context 301 Show data context
1851 36,140 Show data context 1,571 Show data context 215 Show data context

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Date Acknowledgments
1831 David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

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nCube definition


Houses categorised by occupancy.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dorset Ancient County through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | House Occupancy, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10134699/cube/HOUSE_OCCUPANCY

Date accessed: 08th June 2026