Census Data

Tower Hamlets: Tenure

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000030

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Key Facts

All Residents 310,306
Male 155,869
Female 154,437
Households 120,539
Population Density (people/km2) 15,702.9
Table Codets054
Issued2023-01-06
Unit of MeasureHousehold
Number of Response Options9

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify households in England and Wales by tenure. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Whether a household owns or rents the accommodation that it occupies.

Owner-occupied accommodation can be:

* owned outright, which is where the household owns all of the accommodation
* with a mortgage or loan
* part-owned on a shared ownership scheme

Rented accommodation can be:

* private rented (for example, rented through a private landlord or letting agent
* social rented through a local council or housing association

This information is not available for household spaces with no usual residents.

Quality Statement

There is evidence of people incorrectly identifying their type of landlord as ”Council or local authority” or “Housing association”. You should add these two categories together when analysing data that uses this variable.

More information at the ONS website

Tenure of household: Total: All households 120,539
Owned 27,883
Owned: Owns outright 9,424
Owned: Owns with a mortgage or loan 18,459
Shared ownership 3,143
Shared ownership: Shared ownership 3,143
Social rented 43,237
Social rented: Rents from council or Local Authority 16,697
Social rented: Other social rented 26,540
Private rented 46,000
Private rented: Private landlord or letting agency 43,126
Private rented: Other private rented 2,874
Lives rent free 276

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