Final figures from the Housing Census. Population and Housing Census 2001

3   Dwellings, by number of rooms and number of occupants. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent
Number of occupants Total Number of rooms
1 room 2 rooms 3 rooms 4 rooms 5 rooms 6 rooms or more
  Numbers
Total 1 961 548 98 964  258 335  383 468  441 914  392 235  386 632
               
1 occupant  739 563 78 077  184 650  191 187  137 449 90 202 57 998
2 occupants  535 247 12 144 49 750  115 745  142 538  122 257 92 813
3 occupants  269 170 4 371 13 698 40 958 69 660 71 315 69 168
4 occupants  266 401 2 636 6 578 24 467 61 792 74 607 96 321
5 occupants or more  151 167 1 736 3 659 11 111 30 475 33 854 70 332
               
  Per cent
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
               
1 occupant 37.7 78.9 71.5 49.9 31.1 23.0 15.0
2 occupants 27.3 12.3 19.3 30.2 32.3 31.2 24.0
3 occupants 13.7 4.4 5.3 10.7 15.8 18.2 17.9
4 occupants 13.6 2.7 2.5 6.4 14.0 19.0 24.9
5 occupants or more 7.7 1.8 1.4 2.9 6.9 8.6 18.2

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