Housing Density (Scottish categories)

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Persons per Room 1911 1931 1951
2 or less 59,794 Show data context 63,680 Show data context 75,231 Show data context
2 to 3 1,919 Show data context 1,130 Show data context 534 Show data context
Over 3 167 Show data context 68 Show data context 259 Show data context
Date: Source:
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Housing, Table 2 , 'Tenements in the Occupation of Private Families. - Classified by Number of Rooms and by Numbers of Occupants, in each Administrative County and in the Aggregates of Urban Districts (exclusive of County Boroughs) and of Rural Districts; also in Urban Districts (other than County Boroughs) and in Rural Districts, 1911'
1931 - 1951 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 11 , 'Private Families and Rooms Occupied'

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Housing density grouped into under 2 persons per room, 2 to 3, and over 3. This set of categories enables us to map housing density for the whole of Britain in 1931 and 1951, when the least dense category used by the Scottish census was "under 2".


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, East Devon District through time | Housing Statistics | Housing Density (Scottish categories), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056809/cube/HOUS_DENSITY_GEN_HIGH

Date accessed: 26th April 2024