Westhoughton Built-up Area : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 1,530 Show data context 1,022 Show data context 249 Show data context 1 Show data context
1981 3,011 Show data context 1,042 Show data context 350 Show data context 15 Show data context
1991 5,375 Show data context 816 Show data context 473 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 6,681 Show data context 674 Show data context 786 Show data context 122 Show data context
2011 7,090 Show data context 603 Show data context 1,571 Show data context 93 Show data context
2021 7,008 Show data context 540 Show data context 1,691 Show data context 149 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 1961 the census has gathered data on whether households owned or rented their homes, and if rented whom from. Here we present a simple classification which is possible for all dates. It is based on counts of households, rather than of persons within households. Note that, because of how the 1971 Census reported tenure, housing rented from Housing Associations has to be included with private rentals, separately from "council housing".


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Westhoughton Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Housing Tenure (Simplified), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13515451/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 12th June 2026