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

12   Private households, by tenure status and age of the oldest person in the household. 1990 and 2001. Numbers and per cent
Age of the oldest person in the household Total The household owns The household rents
1990 2001 1990 2001 1990 2001
  Numbers
Total 1 751 363 1 961 548 1 368 992 1 503 677  382 371  457 871
             
0-24 86 055 73 471 35 421 24 577 50 634 48 894
25-34  322 036  335 093  220 857  203 734  101 179  131 359
35-44  353 403  387 382  298 896  303 788 54 507 83 594
45-69  626 631  773 121  540 058  663 418 86 573  109 703
70-79  240 502  228 245  190 196  191 294 50 306 36 951
80-  122 737  164 236 83 564  116 866 39 173 47 370
             
  Per cent
Total  100.0  100.0 78.2 76.7 21.8 23.3
             
0-24  100.0  100.0 41.2 33.5 58.8 66.5
25-34  100.0  100.0 68.6 60.8 31.4 39.2
35-44  100.0  100.0 84.6 78.4 15.4 21.6
45-69  100.0  100.0 86.2 85.8 13.8 14.2
70-79  100.0  100.0 79.1 83.8 20.9 16.2
80-  100.0  100.0 68.1 71.2 31.9 28.8

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