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

13   Private households, by tenure status and type of household. Persons and persons per household, by tenure status. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent (Corrected 23 September 2002 at 17:00 pm)
  Total Owned Rented
  Total Home owner alone or through joint ownership Through a housing co-operative or limited company Total From a private individual From a rental housing company From the municipality As staff dwelling On other terms
  Numbers
Total 1 961 548     1 503 677 1 226 459  277 218      457 871  254 497 48 307 73 704 19 776 61 587
                     
Type of household                    
One-family households, total 1 903 535 1 464 176 1 192 439  271 737  439 359  243 576 47 027 72 351 19 320 57 085
Living alone  739 563  464 818  321 710  143 108  274 745  146 781 32 856 52 945 10 316 31 847
Couples1 without unmarried resident children  412 416  357 660  305 834 51 826 54 756 30 276 5 808 5 069 2 930 10 673
Couples1 with children (youngest child 0-5 years)  224 069  188 440  165 008 23 432 35 629 22 354 2 378 4 133 2 806 3 958
Couples1 with children (youngest child 6-17 years)  228 853  211 104  194 655 16 449 17 749 9 432 1 302 2 570 1 392 3 053
Mother/father with children (youngest child 0-5 years) 33 914 16 796 11 376 5 420 17 118 11 654 1 405 2 190  358 1 511
Mother/father with children (youngest child 6-17 years) 73 252 51 587 36 988 14 599 21 665 14 309 1 695 3 320  623 1 718
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  191 468  173 771  156 868 16 903 17 697 8 770 1 583 2 124  895 4 325
Two or more-familiy households, total 58 013 39 501 34 020 5 481 18 512 10 921 1 280 1 353  456 4 502
Two or more-familiy households without children 0-17 år2 37 984 24 835 21 001 3 834 13 149 7 891 1 106  923  338 2 891
Two or more-familiy households with children 0-17 år2 20 029 14 666 13 019 1 647 5 363 3 030  174  430  118 1 611
                     
Persons, total 4 485 945 3 685 160 3 171 231  513 929  800 785  451 086 73 915  118 505 39 378  117 901
Persons per household 2.3 2.5 2.6 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 2.0 1.9
                     
  Per cent
Total  100.0 76.7 62.5 14.1 23.3 13.0 2.5 3.8 1.0 3.1
                     
Type of household                    
One-family households, total  100.0 76.9 62.6 14.3 23.1 12.8 2.5 3.8 1.0 3.0
Living alone  100.0 62.9 43.5 19.4 37.1 19.8 4.4 7.2 1.4 4.3
Couples1 without unmarried resident children  100.0 86.7 74.2 12.6 13.3 7.3 1.4 1.2 0.7 2.6
Couples1 with children (youngest child 0-5 years)  100.0 84.1 73.6 10.5 15.9 10.0 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.8
Couples1 with children (youngest child 6-17 years)  100.0 92.2 85.1 7.2 7.8 4.1 0.6 1.1 0.6 1.3
Mother/father with children (youngest child 0-5 years)  100.0 49.5 33.5 16.0 50.5 34.4 4.1 6.5 1.1 4.5
Mother/father with children (youngest child 6-17 years)  100.0 70.4 50.5 19.9 29.6 19.5 2.3 4.5 0.9 2.3
One-family households with adult children (youngest child 18 years and over)  100.0 90.8 81.9 8.8 9.2 4.6 0.8 1.1 0.5 2.3
Two or more-familiy households, total  100.0 68.1 58.6 9.4 31.9 18.8 2.2 2.3 0.8 7.8
Two or more-familiy households without chilldren 0-17 år2  100.0 65.4 55.3 10.1 34.6 20.8 2.9 2.4 0.9 7.6
Two or more-familiy households with chilldren 0-17 år2  100.0 73.2 65.0 8.2 26.8 15.1 0.9 2.1 0.6 8.0
1  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.
2  (Corrected 23 September 2002 at 17:00 pm)

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