Census of England and Wales, 1921 : general report with appendices / [General Register Office].
- General Register Office Northern Ireland
- Date:
- 1927
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Census of England and Wales, 1921 : general report with appendices / [General Register Office]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![How far it is desirable, or indeed possible, that a structurally separate dwelling should be available for every family is not a consideration with which this commentary is concerned, or which these figures are intended to elucidate. But as all building operations for housing purposes obviously contemplate the erection of separate dwellings for occupation by single families, such figures (or better still, the correspond- ing figures for smaller areas which can be compiled from the available data provided in the county reports), may afford some useful guidance by illustrating the relative ‘sufficiency or deficiency of separate dwellings of different sizes, and thus suggesting the type and size of dwelling which, so far as these indications go, could most suitably supplement the existing supply: Families and Housing in Urban and Rural Districts.—The next series of tables compares for London and the aggregates of county boroughs, smaller towns and rural districts, the incidence of families of various size, the rooms they occupy and the relation between them in the manner so far discussed for the country as a whole. TABLE XXIII.—DISTRIBUTION OF 1,000 PRIVATE FAMILIES BY SIZE OF FAMILY, Ig2I. Proportion per 1,000 Private Families consisting of the Average No. following numbers of persons. of persons Ig2l. per family. A. Io i 2. ae 4. 5. 6. ve 8. 9. Or f) 102tce 163%, more. England and]| 60 | 177 | 208 | 186 | 139 94 60 36 53 Ig | 4°14 | 4°36 Wales. London ae) 4/116’ | 207} 204 | 164/< | 116 77 50 31 18 E72 3°99 (4°15 County Boroughs} 50 | 170 | 209 | Igi | 144 97 62 37 ar IQ | 4°21 | 4°42 Other Urban | 50 | 171 | 212 | 192 | 143 96 |° 60 | 36 aI Ig | 4°19 | 4°40 Areas. ' All Rural Areas | 60 | 180 | 205 | 182 | 138 95 61 37 21 2m ATL fo 4e Sy In the order of their respective frequencies of families of different sizes, the county boroughs, smaller towns and rural districts are similar to one another and correspond to the country at large. Families of three persons are the most numerous, followed by those consisting of 4, 2 and 5 persons in each case, the principal difference between them being the rather greater proportion of both very small and very large families in the rural districts than in either of the urban categories. London, on the other hand, is distinctly different in this respect from other areas, for the predominant family is that of 2 persons and the presence of large numbers of lodgers results in a proportion of single person families more than twice that of other towns and nearly as greatly in excess of the corresponding rural proportion. In each case it will be observed that the average family is smaller now than it was in 1911, the amount of’ the reduction being relatively smallest in the rural areas and greatest in London. The London average it may be noted was markedly lower than that of either of the other areas distinguished above in 1911 and the disparity has accordingly been widened during the succeeding years. TABLE XXIV.—DISTRIBUTION OF 1,000 PRIVATE FAMILIES BY NUMBER OF ROOMS OCCUPIED, 1921. Distribution of 1,000 Private Families according Average number of rooms to number of rooms occupied, 1921. per private family. Private | Private 16 All families | families b| | ael-a-| 5+] Galo7: [182] /o)- on) | Pavate [occupyine|camipyins kt (1921). rooms rooms (1921). | (grr). England and Wales. 36| 105] 155] 244/208 |129 | 51 | 30] 15 | 27 4°55, - 4°35 London .. >. |) 232) -211| 235| 180} go: | 61.) 32.) 22 | 13 | 26 3°62 3°38 County Boroughs | 34] 108] 163) 253/213 |136 | 44 | 24 | Ir | 14 4°39 4°29 Other Urban Areas | 20} 88] 132] 249/234 |148 | 57 | 31 | 16| 25 4°74 4°55 Rural Districts .. 7| 62] 133} 208/227 |128 | 62 | 44 | 23 | 46 5°09 4°71 AARRWD NN A OO FPULO AN](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32183197_0061.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
