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

17   Persons 67 years and older in private households, by age, number of persons in the household and indicators of the dwelling standard. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent
  Total 67-79 years 80 years and older
  Total Living alone Living together with others Total Living alone Living together with others
  Numbers
Total  588 013  404 930  139 542  265 388  183 083  109 677 73 406
               
Number of floors in the building. Elevator              
1 floor  195 381  144 653 41 179  103 474 50 728 28 717 22 011
2 floors  271 763  183 218 59 240  123 978 88 545 49 695 38 850
3 floors or more  120 869 77 059 39 123 37 936 43 810 31 265 12 545
In building with elevator 45 728 26 991 14 510 12 481 18 737 14 145 4 592
In building without elevator 75 141 50 068 24 613 25 455 25 073 17 120 7 953
               
Accessibility for a person who uses a wheelchair              
A person who uses a wheelchair can get into the dwelling without any help  107 912 66 891 27 960 38 931 41 021 28 964 12 057
Of which: A person who uses a wheelchair can use all important rooms1 57 568 32 906 15 327 17 579 24 662 18 150 6 512
A person who uses a wheelchair can not get into the dwelling without any help  480 101  338 039  111 582  226 457  142 062 80 713 61 349
Of which: A person who uses a wheelchair can use all important rooms1 40 562 27 769 9 398 18 371 12 793 7 312 5 481
               
System for heating              
Single system, total  182 016  114 597 55 559 59 038 67 419 47 769 19 650
Electric stoves/heating cables etc.  112 011 67 830 36 762 31 068 44 181 33 086 11 095
Radiators or hot-water heating in floors 36 655 23 352 10 978 12 374 13 303 9 538 3 765
Stoves for solid fuel 20 515 14 826 4 615 10 211 5 689 2 827 2 862
Stoves for liquid fuel 10 174 6 794 2 532 4 262 3 380 1 819 1 561
Other system for heating 2 661 1 795  672 1 123  866  499  367
Two or more systems, total  405 997  290 333 83 983  206 350  115 664 61 908 53 756
Electric stoves/heating cables and stoves for solid fuel  190 320  134 409 42 337 92 072 55 911 30 640 25 271
Electric stoves/heating cables and stoves for liquid fuel 49 678 33 067 11 200 21 867 16 611 9 767 6 844
Electric stoves/heating cables and stoves for solid and liquid fuel 48 655 35 178 8 844 26 334 13 477 6 699 6 778
Radiators or hot-water heating in floors and one or more other systems 35 098 25 023 7 005 18 018 10 075 5 700 4 375
Other combinations 82 246 62 656 14 597 48 059 19 590 9 102 10 488
               
  Per cent
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
               
Number of floors in the building. Elevator              
1 floor 33.2 35.7 29.5 39.0 27.7 26.2 30.0
2 floors 46.2 45.2 42.5 46.7 48.4 45.3 52.9
3 floors or more 20.6 19.0 28.0 14.3 23.9 28.5 17.1
In building with elevator 7.8 6.7 10.4 4.7 10.2 12.9 6.3
In building without elevator 12.8 12.4 17.6 9.6 13.7 15.6 10.8
               
Accessibility for a person who uses a wheelchair              
A person who uses a wheelchair can get into the dwelling without any help 18.4 16.5 20.0 14.7 22.4 26.4 16.4
Of which: A person who uses a wheelchair can use all important rooms1 9.8 8.1 11.0 6.6 13.5 16.5 8.9
A person who uses a wheelchair can not get into the dwelling without any help 81.6 83.5 80.0 85.3 77.6 73.6 83.6
Of which: A person who uses a wheelchair can use all important rooms1 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.9 7.0 6.7 7.5
               
System for heating              
Single system, total 31.0 28.3 39.8 22.2 36.8 43.6 26.8
Electric stoves/heating cables etc. 19.0 16.8 26.3 11.7 24.1 30.2 15.1
Radiators or hot-water heating in floors 6.2 5.8 7.9 4.7 7.3 8.7 5.1
Stoves for solid fuel 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.8 3.1 2.6 3.9
Stoves for liquid fuel 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.8 1.7 2.1
Other system for heating 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Two or more systems, total 69.0 71.7 60.2 77.8 63.2 56.4 73.2
Electric stoves/heating cables and stoves for solid fuel 32.4 33.2 30.3 34.7 30.5 27.9 34.4
Electric stoves/heating cables and stoves for liquid fuel 8.4 8.2 8.0 8.2 9.1 8.9 9.3
Electric stoves/heating cables and stoves for solid and liquid fuel 8.3 8.7 6.3 9.9 7.4 6.1 9.2
Radiators or hot-water heating in floors and one or more other systems 6.0 6.2 5.0 6.8 5.5 5.2 6.0
Other combinations 14.0 15.5 10.5 18.1 10.7 8.3 14.3
1  Important rooms include bathroom, toilet, kitchen, living room and at least one bedroom.

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