[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camden] page 73

Camden 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camden]

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POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS OF CAMDEN COMPARED WITH LONDON A.C. AND GREATER LONDON

Table 1 Census 1961

	CAMDEN G.L.B.				ALL LONDON A.C.	GREATER LONDON COUNCIL AREA
	Hampstead	Holborn	St. Pancras	All Camden	ALL LONDON A.C.	GREATER LONDON COUNCIL AREA
1. POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
Enumerated population	98.844	22,008	124,855	245,707	3,200,000	8,051,000
Age distribution Per cent.of population:-
Under 5 years	5.6	4. 5	6.9	6. 2	7. 0	6. 9
Under 15 years (including those under 5)	14. 5	12.1	17. 8	16. 0	19. 4	20. 2
15-64 years	73.8	75.8	70. 4	72.2	68.8	68. 2
65 or over	11.7	12.1	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.6
Sex ratios (Females per 1,000 males):-
For all age groups	1, 276	1, 185	1, 074	1. 161	1, 100	1. 098
Age group 25-44 only	1. 047	1. 020	910	975	977	1, 012
Single persons as per cent. of total adult population (15 or over)	40. 0	44. 1	34. 4	37. 6	29. 8	26. 2
Household size Per cent. of households with: -
1-2 persons	64.4	66.1	58. 5	61.6	53. 0	47. 0
5 or more persons	8.8	6.7	11.2	9. 9	12.3	13. 5
Mobility:-Per cent. of the resident population in each area who had lived for less than one year at the addresses they had on^census day, April	19.5	20.7	13. 5	16. 5	12.9	10. 9
2. HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
Number of private households present at census	38,698	6, 418	44,201	89, 317	1,107,130	2, 674, 356
Housing conditions Per cent. of all households who: -
Share a dwelling	31.9	17.3	34. 1	31.9	29. 9	20. 0
Share a dwelling and also share, or have no, kitchen sink and stove	9.3	6.9	9. 2	9.1	7.1	4.7
Share, or are without, a w.c.	38.6	22.2	45.3	40. 8	30.9	18. 8
Are overcrowded (with an occupancy rate of over 1(4 persons per room)	8.2	6.6	9.6	8.8	7.2	4. 4
Average number of persons per room	0.75	0.81	0. 85	0.80	0.77	0.70