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The following table (R. G./Eb) shows the number of private households' in
St Pancras to be 48,865 in which are 126 626 persons or 91.5 per cent. of the
population of the borough The remaining 11,751 or 8.5 per cent. are in non
private households as shown in table R. G. 16/17/18 The rooms occupied by these
private households total 136,886 which gives a density of occupation of 0.93
persons per room (or 1.08 rooms per person), and the households in turn are
contained in 29,146 structurally separate dwellingsø.
The percentage of persons living at more than two per room is 4.4 a
figure which is exceeded in the London area by only Kensington (4.6) and Paddington
(5.2)
In 30,457 households (62.3 per cent ) the head of the household was
married
*The term "household' now replaces the term family used in the previous
census
Private households may be briefly described as comprising single persons
living alone or groups of persons living together under a single menage in
the sense of sharing the same living room or eating at the same table
A structurally separate dwelling generally comprises any room or suite
of rooms intended or used for habitation having separate access to the street
or to a common landing or staircase to which the public has access
R.G /3b

In addition to the 29,146 structurally separate dwellings mentioned above
a further 942 were wholly vacant at the date of the census making a total of
30,088 The room content of these is shown in the following table (R G./10)
together with the number of households accommodated in those occupied It will
be seen that 3,172 (10.5 per cent.) are one room dwellings 4,534 (15.1 per cent.)
two room dwellings, 9,324 (30 per cent.) 3.4 rooms 5,183 (17 per cent.) 5 6
rooms and 7,875 (26.1 per cent. ) 7 rooms and above
There is an average of 16 households per dwelling
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