Motherwell West Ward : Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Housing Tenure (Simplified)

Data cube chart.

Year Owner-Occupied Local Authority etc Other Rented Other tenures
1971 903 Show data context 3,843 Show data context 138 Show data context 2 Show data context
1981 1,370 Show data context 3,388 Show data context 74 Show data context 19 Show data context
1991 2,413 Show data context 2,729 Show data context 173 Show data context 0 Show data context
2001 3,298 Show data context 1,515 Show data context 643 Show data context
2011 3,645 Show data context 1,198 Show data context 1,313 Show data context 45 Show data context
2021 3,818 Show data context 611 Show data context 102 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 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV64, Tenure by Household)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS405UK, "Tenure - Households")
2021 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV404, "Household tenure - Households", covering "All occupied households")

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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".


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Motherwell West Ward through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Housing Tenure (Simplified), A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13488344/cube/HOUS_TENURE_HH_GEN

Date accessed: 17th October 2026