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HOUSING AND HOUSEHOLDS
According to the sample Census, there were 220,850 persons in
74,050 private households who were living in 71,860 structurally
separate dwellings of which 1,710 or 2.4% were vacant on Census
night. From these figures it is estimated that only 3% of dwellings
were shared by more than one household, although some 9,030 or
12.2% of the total households were sharing a dwelling.
One-person households numbered 11,660 of which 7,430 or
63.7% concerned 6,270 females over 60 years of age and 1,160 males
over 65 years.
TENURE
Thirty-six per cent of all private households were owneroccupiers
and 61 % were renting accommodation. Of the total of
45,210 households renting accommodation, 58.7% were doing so
from Local Authorities, 5.5% were renting furnished and 35.8%
unfurnished accommodation from private landlords.
MIGRATION
Details regarding migration showed that 86.9% of all persons
in the Borough had been domiciled in the same residence for at
least one year and 57.7% had occupied the same accommodation for
five years or more. Persons now living in the Borough who, a year
ago were resident overseas numbered 1,830 (0.8%) and those who
were doing so five years ago totalled 4,980 (2.2 %).
HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES
Of the 71,860 dwellings, some 12,730 or 17.7% had no inside
flush toilet. In a total of 74,050 households, 1,450 or almost 2%
lacked the exclusive use of a stove and sink, 9,740 (13.1%) were
without a hot water tap and 11,640 (15.7%) without a fixed bath.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS
In the Borough there was a total of 114,040 persons 'economically
active', (i.e. those having a job at any time in the week ended
23rd April, 1966) of which 42,950 or 37.7% were females.
Of all the Greenwich males over 15 years considered to be
economically active, 4.7% were classified as professional workers,
8.7% as employers and managers, 31.9% as foremen or skilled
manual workers, 16.1% as semi-skilled workers (including personal
service and agricultural workers), 23.5% as non-manual workers and
10.2% as unskilled. With regard to the remainder (4.9%), the
majority of these were armed forces or people who could not be
assigned to any group.
In these socio-economic groupings a majority of the 42,950
economically active females, almost 58%, were classified as nonmanual
workers, 0.8% were professional workers, 29.3% employers
and managers, 4.7% were skilled workers, 22.3% personal service
and semi-skilled workers with a further 9% in the unskilled workers'
group.