§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the number of households and numbers of houses in Wales and the ratio between each at the end of each of the five-year periods for the last 30 years.
§ 2. Mr. GristThe available information is as follows:
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Estimated number of households (000's) Estimate stock of dwellings (000's) Households as percentage of stock 1961 804 824 97.6 1966 835 897 93.1 1971 910 967 94.1
Estimated number of households (000's) Estimate stock of dwellings (000's) Households as percentage of stock 1976 959 1,029 93.2 1981 1,012 1,089 92.9 1986 1,049 1,128 93.0 1989 1,078 1,159 93.0 Notes:
Estimates of households given for 1961 and 1966 are the number of private households enumerated at the 1961 census and 1966 sample census, each of which took place in April. Estimates of households for 1971 and later years are taken from the latest relevant household projections and relate to usually resident households at 31 June. Such household projections are based on the most recently preceding census of population and take account of household formation and dissolution and migration. For the 1981 Census household was taken as either one person living alone or a group of people who share either common housekeeping or a living room. In previous censuses people who catered separately were counted as separate households even if they shared a living room. 1989 estimates are calculated from 1987 based projections by interpolation.
Dwelling stock estimates (at December each year) are based on information collected in the most recently preceding Census of Population and take into account subsequent housebuilding and demolition. Due to changes in the census information collected, stock figures based on different censuses are not strictly comparable
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the numbers of the population and the numbers of habitable rooms in Wales and the ratio between each at the end of each of the five-year periods for the last 30 years.
§ Mr. GristThe available information is as follows:
Year Population1 Number of rooms2 3 Persons per room 1961 2,567,900 4,125,575 0.62 1966 2,594,390 4,717,230 0.55 1971 2,647,015 4,769,835 0.55 1981 2,727,220 5,287,914 0.52 Source:
1961, 1971, 1981; census of population. 1966; sample census.
1 Enumerated population in private households.
2 Rooms in private households enumerated on census night.
3 1961–1981 excludes bathrooms, WCs, lobbies and those rooms used solely for business etc.; 1961 kitchens were counted only if they were used regularly for meals; 1966 all kitchens were counted; 1971 and 1981 kitchens under 2 metres wide were not counted.