;2016;2016;2016;2016; Residents;Residents;Households;Households; Number;Per cent;Number;Per cent; Tenure status;;;;; Freeholder;3638664;70.9;1476242;63.1; Part- / shareholder;601055;11.7;330176;14.1; Tenant;890714;17.4;531577;22.7; Type of building;;;;; Detached house;2812365;54.8;1126609;48.2; House with two dwellings;475189;9.3;202865;8.7; Row house, linked house and house with 3 or 4 dwellings;584628;11.4;275656;11.8; Multi-dwelling building;940145;18.3;556057;23.8; Other residential building;318117;6.2;176849;7.6; Crowded dwelling;;;;; Live in spacious dwelling, many rooms and sq.m.;4468789;87.1;2109157;90.2; Live in crowded dwelling, few rooms and sq.m.;527859;10.3;155050;6.6; Unknown;133796;2.6;73821;3.2;