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hstype

Type of accommodation

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Index term

Housing Dwelling characteristics Structure & layout

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	58	0.71%
proxy	-7	538	6.61%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	2003	24.59%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2352	28.88%
End terraced house	3	625	7.67%
Terraced house	4	1367	16.79%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	636	7.81%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	250	3.07%
Converted flat <10	7	146	1.79%
Converted flat >10	8	31	0.38%
Incl business prem	9	20	0.25%
Bedsitter under 10	10	12	0.15%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	4	0.05%
Bedsitter single occ	12	1	0.01%
Sheltered accommdn	13	33	0.41%
Institutional	14	17	0.21%
Other	15	51	0.63%
	Total	8144	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	63	0.75%
proxy	-7	484	5.8%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	2106	25.23%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2396	28.71%
End terraced house	3	638	7.64%
Terraced house	4	1436	17.21%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	632	7.57%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	241	2.89%
Converted flat <10	7	152	1.82%
Converted flat >10	8	31	0.37%
Incl business prem	9	17	0.2%
Bedsitter under 10	10	6	0.07%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	14	0.17%
Bedsitter single occ	12	5	0.06%
Sheltered accommdn	13	36	0.43%
Institutional	14	21	0.25%
Other	15	68	0.81%
	Total	8346	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	62	0.72%
proxy	-7	462	5.37%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	2134	24.81%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2474	28.76%
End terraced house	3	723	8.4%
Terraced house	4	1485	17.26%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	683	7.94%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	236	2.74%
Converted flat <10	7	167	1.94%
Converted flat >10	8	21	0.24%
Incl business prem	9	19	0.22%
Bedsitter under 10	10	9	0.1%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	10	0.12%
Sheltered accommdn	13	37	0.43%
Institutional	14	22	0.26%
Other	15	59	0.69%
	Total	8603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	0.78%
proxy	-7	442	5.08%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	2178	25.01%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2514	28.87%
End terraced house	3	683	7.84%
Terraced house	4	1512	17.36%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	695	7.98%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	253	2.91%
Converted flat <10	7	163	1.87%
Converted flat >10	8	31	0.36%
Incl business prem	9	13	0.15%
Bedsitter under 10	10	10	0.11%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	13	0.15%
Bedsitter single occ	12	7	0.08%
Sheltered accommdn	13	36	0.41%
Institutional	14	17	0.2%
Other	15	74	0.85%
	Total	8709	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	61	0.69%
proxy	-7	448	5.04%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	2241	25.19%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2488	27.96%
End terraced house	3	719	8.08%
Terraced house	4	1573	17.68%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	706	7.94%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	269	3.02%
Converted flat <10	7	187	2.1%
Converted flat >10	8	25	0.28%
Incl business prem	9	22	0.25%
Bedsitter under 10	10	4	0.04%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	14	0.16%
Bedsitter single occ	12	5	0.06%
Sheltered accommdn	13	45	0.51%
Institutional	14	28	0.31%
Other	15	62	0.7%
	Total	8897	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	60	0.66%
proxy	-7	301	3.33%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	2289	25.31%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2587	28.6%
End terraced house	3	713	7.88%
Terraced house	4	1658	18.33%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	765	8.46%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	258	2.85%
Converted flat <10	7	196	2.17%
Converted flat >10	8	27	0.3%
Incl business prem	9	35	0.39%
Bedsitter under 10	10	14	0.15%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	11	0.12%
Bedsitter single occ	12	5	0.06%
Sheltered accommdn	13	34	0.38%
Institutional	14	26	0.29%
Other	15	66	0.73%
	Total	9045	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	67	0.72%
proxy	-7	351	3.75%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	2371	25.35%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2662	28.46%
End terraced house	3	733	7.84%
Terraced house	4	1712	18.31%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	803	8.59%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	265	2.83%
Converted flat <10	7	188	2.01%
Converted flat >10	8	22	0.24%
Incl business prem	9	31	0.33%
Bedsitter under 10	10	16	0.17%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	8	0.09%
Bedsitter single occ	12	3	0.03%
Sheltered accommdn	13	40	0.43%
Institutional	14	29	0.31%
Other	15	51	0.55%
	Total	9352	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	68	0.64%
proxy	-7	246	2.31%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	2572	24.19%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	3013	28.34%
End terraced house	3	819	7.7%
Terraced house	4	2045	19.24%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	1031	9.7%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	368	3.46%
Converted flat <10	7	212	1.99%
Converted flat >10	8	19	0.18%
Incl business prem	9	40	0.38%
Bedsitter under 10	10	12	0.11%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	11	0.1%
Bedsitter single occ	12	13	0.12%
Sheltered accommdn	13	60	0.56%
Institutional	14	29	0.27%
Other	15	73	0.69%
	Total	10631	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.15%
proxy	-7	153	1.75%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1877	21.42%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2593	29.6%
End terraced house	3	675	7.7%
Terraced house	4	1607	18.34%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	959	10.95%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	363	4.14%
Converted flat <10	7	212	2.42%
Converted flat >10	8	47	0.54%
Incl business prem	9	33	0.38%
Bedsitter under 10	10	20	0.23%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	14	0.16%
Bedsitter single occ	12	9	0.1%
Sheltered accommdn	13	57	0.65%
Institutional	14	39	0.45%
Other	15	90	1.03%
	Total	8761	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	26	0.3%
proxy	-7	54	0.61%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1910	21.71%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	2578	29.31%
End terraced house	3	699	7.95%
Terraced house	4	1649	18.75%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	1003	11.4%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	360	4.09%
Converted flat <10	7	236	2.68%
Converted flat >10	8	23	0.26%
Incl business prem	9	27	0.31%
Bedsitter under 10	10	21	0.24%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	13	0.15%
Bedsitter single occ	12	16	0.18%
Sheltered accommdn	13	62	0.7%
Institutional	14	30	0.34%
Other	15	90	1.02%
	Total	8797	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	84	1.4%
proxy	-7	59	0.98%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1227	20.43%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	1887	31.42%
End terraced house	3	442	7.36%
Terraced house	4	1136	18.92%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	500	8.33%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	257	4.28%
Converted flat <10	7	193	3.21%
Converted flat >10	8	19	0.32%
Incl business prem	9	44	0.73%
Bedsitter under 10	10	19	0.32%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	6	0.1%
Bedsitter single occ	12	12	0.2%
Sheltered accommdn	13	50	0.83%
Institutional	14	43	0.72%
Other	15	27	0.45%
	Total	6005	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	94	1.54%
proxy	-7	31	0.51%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1211	19.89%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	1895	31.12%
End terraced house	3	490	8.05%
Terraced house	4	1157	19.0%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	531	8.72%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	283	4.65%
Converted flat <10	7	171	2.81%
Converted flat >10	8	23	0.38%
Incl business prem	9	42	0.69%
Bedsitter under 10	10	35	0.57%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	4	0.07%
Bedsitter single occ	12	11	0.18%
Sheltered accommdn	13	47	0.77%
Institutional	14	37	0.61%
Other	15	28	0.46%
	Total	6090	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	53	1.05%
proxy	-7	40	0.79%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1061	20.95%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	1650	32.58%
End terraced house	3	353	6.97%
Terraced house	4	934	18.44%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	417	8.23%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	200	3.95%
Converted flat <10	7	168	3.32%
Converted flat >10	8	17	0.34%
Incl business prem	9	40	0.79%
Bedsitter under 10	10	17	0.34%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	10	0.2%
Bedsitter single occ	12	9	0.18%
Sheltered accommdn	13	32	0.63%
Institutional	14	32	0.63%
Other	15	31	0.61%
	Total	5064	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	69	1.37%
proxy	-7	98	1.95%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1058	21.02%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	1559	30.98%
End terraced house	3	314	6.24%
Terraced house	4	946	18.8%
Purpose blt flat <10	5	413	8.21%
Purpose blt flat >10	6	197	3.91%
Converted flat <10	7	158	3.14%
Converted flat >10	8	25	0.5%
Incl business prem	9	45	0.89%
Bedsitter under 10	10	20	0.4%
Bedsitter 10+ dwellg	11	16	0.32%
Bedsitter single occ	12	11	0.22%
Sheltered accommdn	13	44	0.87%
Institutional	14	35	0.7%
Other	15	25	0.5%
	Total	5033	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	91	1.77%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1050	20.48%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	1601	31.23%
End terraced house	3	339	6.61%
Terraced house	4	929	18.12%
Purpose built flat	5	642	12.52%
Converted flat	6	198	3.86%
Incl business prem	7	32	0.62%
Bedsit multi occ	8	26	0.51%
Bedsitter other	9	10	0.2%
Sheltered accommdn	10	51	0.99%
Institutional	11	45	0.88%
Other	12	25	0.49%
T'phone q-not asked	13	88	1.72%
	Total	5127	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	82	1.57%
don't know	-1	1	0.02%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	985	18.83%
Semi-det'd house/bun	2	1644	31.42%
End terraced house	3	353	6.75%
Terraced house	4	894	17.09%
Purpose built flat	5	660	12.61%
Converted flat	6	208	3.98%
Incl business prem	7	38	0.73%
Bedsit multi occ	8	19	0.36%
Bedsitter other	9	20	0.38%
Sheltered accommdn	10	50	0.96%
Institutional	11	23	0.44%
Other	12	44	0.84%
T'phone q-not asked	13	211	4.03%
	Total	5232	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	35	0.67%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1017	19.46%
Semi-det'd house/bungalow	2	1757	33.61%
End terraced house	3	372	7.12%
Terraced house	4	955	18.27%
Purpose built flat or maisonette	5	731	13.99%
Converted flat or maisonette	6	212	4.06%
Incl business premises	7	34	0.65%
Bedsit multi occup	8	22	0.42%
Bedsitter other	9	13	0.25%
Institutional	10	31	0.59%
Other	11	48	0.92%
	Total	5227	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	110	2.0%
Other	0	60	1.09%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1053	19.11%
Semi-det'd house/bungalow	2	1738	31.54%
End terraced house	3	385	6.99%
Terraced house	4	1077	19.54%
Purpose built flat or maisonette	5	801	14.53%
Converted flat or maisonette	6	203	3.68%
Incl business premises	7	51	0.93%
Bedsit multi occup	8	17	0.31%
Bedsitter other	9	16	0.29%
	Total	5511	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	967	11.34%
Other	0	334	3.92%
Det'd house/bungalow	1	1385	16.25%
Semi-det'd house/bungalow	2	2234	26.21%
End terraced house	3	529	6.21%
Terraced house	4	1466	17.2%
Purpose built flat or maisonette	5	1173	13.76%
Converted flat or maisonette	6	315	3.7%
Incl business premises	7	81	0.95%
Bedsit multi occup	8	18	0.21%
Bedsitter other	9	22	0.26%
	Total	8524	100.0%

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