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

11   Persons in private households, by type of household. Private households, by type of household, tenure status and number of rooms in the dwelling. 3 November 2001. Per cent
  Total One-person
households
Two or more-person households without children 0-17 years Two or more-person households with children 0-17 years
  Total 2 persons 3 persons or more Total 1 child 2 children 3 children or more
Persons, total 4 485 945  739 563 1 504 267  954 728  549 539 2 242 115  755 510  917 394  569 211
                   
Private households, total (N=100) 1 961 548  739 563  641 894  477 364  164 530  580 091  244 075  228 111  107 905
                   
Tenure status                  
Owned, total 76.7 62.9 86.7 85.2 90.9 83.2 78.2 86.6 87.3
Home owner alone or through joint ownership 62.5 43.5 75.4 72.2 84.4 72.6 65.0 76.9 80.6
Through a housing co-operative or limited company 14.1 19.4 11.3 13.0 6.5 10.6 13.2 9.7 6.7
Rented, total 23.3 37.1 13.3 14.8 9.1 16.8 21.8 13.4 12.7
From a private individual 13.0 19.8 7.3 8.3 4.5 10.5 14.3 8.2 6.6
From a rental housing company 2.5 4.4 1.3 1.5 0.7 1.2 1.7 0.9 0.7
From the municipality 3.8 7.2 1.3 1.4 0.8 2.2 2.2 1.8 2.9
As staff dwelling 1.0 1.4 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9
On other terms 3.1 4.3 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.0 2.5 1.7 1.6
                   
Number of rooms                  
1-2 rooms 18.2 35.5 8.8 10.5 3.8 6.5 9.6 4.5 4.0
With own kitchen 17.3 33.4 8.6 10.3 3.6 6.3 9.3 4.3 3.7
Without own kitchen 0.9 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
3 rooms 19.5 25.9 18.0 20.8 10.1 13.2 17.5 10.9 8.1
4 rooms 22.5 18.6 25.8 26.7 23.2 23.9 25.1 24.1 20.9
5 rooms 20.0 12.2 24.7 23.7 27.8 24.7 23.4 27.0 22.9
6 rooms 10.6 4.6 12.6 10.7 18.0 16.0 13.0 17.8 18.7
7 rooms 5.4 1.9 6.1 4.8 9.9 8.9 6.7 9.4 12.8
8 rooms or more 3.8 1.3 3.9 2.8 7.2 6.8 4.7 6.4 12.6

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