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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 72 : " Proportion per cent. of Population living under Various Conditions of Room Accomodation in England and Wales, London, and the Totals of County Boroughs, other Urban Districts and Rural Districts".
Average number of occupants per room. | England and Wales. | London. | Total of County Boroughs. | Total of other Urban Districts. | Total of Rural Districts. | Total of all Urban Districts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
½ or less | 9.7 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 9.2 |
Over ½ but less than 1 | 22.0 | 14.9 | 21.6 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 21.6 |
1 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 15.1 |
Over 1 but not over 1½ | 23.2 | 20.8 | 24.5 | 23.4 | 22.2 | 23.5 |
" 1½ " 2 | 15.9 | 20.1 | 17.0 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 16.5 |
" 2 " 2½ | 4.8 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
" 2½ " 3 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 |
" 3 but less than 4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
4 and over | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
Population in tenements of over 9 rooms | 5.1 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 4.3 |
Totals | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |