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Greenwich 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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CARS AND GARAGING
For the first time ever in a Census, information was requested
regarding cars and garaging.
Out of the 74,050 households enumerated in this Census, 58.1 %
had no car, 37% had one car and 4.8% had two or more cars. Of
the total of 34,940 cars belonging to these households, 33.7% were
garaged overnight at the house, 13.5% were kept overnight in other
garages, 11.1% were kept off the road within the curtilage of the
house but not in a garage and 39.8% were parked overnight in the
road.
TABLE I—SUMMARY OF 1966 CENSUS POPULATION—AGE & SEX DISTRIBUTION
| Children | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years of age: | Males | 870 | |||
| Females | 885 | ||||
| - | 1,755 | ||||
| 5 years and under 15: | Males | 1,648 | |||
| Females | 1,593 | ||||
| - | 3,241 | ||||
| Males 15 and under 65 years: | 7,410 | ||||
| Females 15 and under 60 years: | 6,824 | ||||
| - | 14,234 | ||||
| Males 65 years and over: | 1,072 | ||||
| Females 60 years and over: | 2,396 | ||||
| - | 3,468 | ||||
| TOTAL POPULATION ENUMERATED | 22,698 | ||||
| Persons in Private Households | Males | 10,727 | |||
| Females | 11,358 | ||||
| - | 22,085 | ||||
| Persons in Non-Private | |||||
| Households | Males | 273 | |||
| Females | 340 | ||||
| - | 613 | ||||
| TOTAL No. OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLDS | 22,698 | ||||
| Private Households— | Total No. of Households | 7,405 | |||
| Total No. of Rooms | 37,442 | ||||
| Total No. of Families | 6,129 | ||||
| Total No. of Dwellings | 7,186 | ||||
| Total No. of Cars | 3,494 | ||||