Lancashire Ancient County : House Occupancy

House Occupancy

Data cube chart.

Year Occupied Vacant Under Construction
1821 176,449 Show data context 5,759 Show data context 1,735 Show data context
1831 228,120 Show data context 15,014 Show data context 2,842 Show data context
1841 289,753 Show data context 23,702 Show data context 3,679 Show data context
1851 350,435 Show data context 17,436 Show data context 3,461 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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This data matrix presents simplified version of the 1881 occupational data, using the 24 'Orders' used in the published reports for 1881, plus an 'Unknown' category. Many of these categories combine 'Workers and Dealers' in different commodities, so it is impossible to distinguish workers in manufacturing and services.


How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10173000/cube/HOUSE_OCCUPANCY

Date accessed: 09th June 2026