Luton Unitary Authority (UA) : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 29,139 Show data context 9,666 Show data context 9,257 Show data context 181 Show data context
1981 36,893 Show data context 12,564 Show data context 5,847 Show data context 399 Show data context
1991 47,603 Show data context 10,092 Show data context 6,595 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 50,146 Show data context 8,888 Show data context 11,115 Show data context 664 Show data context
2011 44,984 Show data context 7,973 Show data context 20,558 Show data context 778 Show data context
2021 43,010 Show data context 8,499 Show data context 25,701 Show data context 1,708 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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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, Luton Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Housing Tenure (Simplified), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 11th June 2026