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

14   Private households, by type of household, age of the oldest person in the household and indicators of the dwelling standard. 3 November 2001. Per cent
  Total Private households
with children
0-17 years
Private households without children 0-17 years
  Total Age of the oldest person
  -24 25-44 45-69 70-79 80-
Private households, total 1 961 548  580 375    1 381 173    63 381     323 360     606 215     225 449  162 768
                 
Type of building Per cent
Detached house or farm house 57.1 65.6 53.5 41.2 37.1 61.0 60.1 53.7
Linked house, row house, terraced house or vertically divided two-dwelling building 12.7 15.3 11.6 9.4 10.9 12.7 11.2 10.3
Horizontally divided two-dwelling building or other house with less than 3 floors 8.2 6.8 8.8 13.8 11.9 6.9 7.6 9.4
Block of flats, or other building with 3 or more floors 17.5 9.8 20.8 25.5 33.3 15.8 16.6 18.6
Commercial building etc. or residential building for communities 4.5 2.5 5.3 10.0 6.8 3.6 4.5 8.0
                 
Year of construction                
-1920 10.9 8.7 11.8 17.4 15.9 9.4 10.1 12.7
1921-1960 25.8 21.3 27.6 27.4 29.1 21.4 34.4 38.5
1961-2001 63.4 70.0 60.6 55.2 55.0 69.2 55.5 48.8
                 
Tenure status                
Owned, total 76.7 83.2 73.9 33.1 56.2 84.7 83.9 71.1
Home owner alone or through joint ownership 62.5 72.6 58.3 22.4 36.5 70.6 68.7 55.3
Through a housing co-operative or limited company 14.1 10.6 15.6 10.6 19.7 14.1 15.3 15.8
Rented 23.3 16.8 26.1 66.9 43.8 15.3 16.1 28.9
                 
Number of floors in the building. Elevator                
1 floor 29.3 26.6 30.5 18.8 18.4 37.6 33.8 27.6
2 floors 46.3 56.6 42.0 40.5 38.6 41.3 45.0 47.8
3-4 floors 17.8 13.9 19.5 29.3 29.3 15.4 15.4 17.4
In building with elevator 1.7 0.4 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.6 3.1 4.8
In building without elevator 16.1 13.4 17.3 27.5 27.5 13.8 12.3 12.5
5 floors or more 6.5 2.9 8.0 11.4 13.7 5.7 5.8 7.3
In building with elevator 4.2 1.7 5.2 6.7 7.7 3.8 4.6 5.8
In building without elevator 2.3 1.2 2.8 4.7 6.0 1.9 1.3 1.5

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