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1971 CENSUS
Parts I, II and III of the Greater London County Report on
the 1971 Census contain data on population, households and
dwellings for individual London boroughs. The following information
has been extracted and includes preliminary analysis of
the census data relevant to the London Borough of Bromley.
Population (Tables 1 and 3)
The total population of Greater London at the 1971 census
was 7.45 millions, a decline of over half a million persons during
the preceding ten year inter-censal period. This is a 6.8% decrease
compared with a 6% increase in England and Wales as a whole.
Whilst boroughs in Central London showed marked declines
of population, mainly because of immigration, in outer boroughs
natural increases more than offset such losses. The fastest proportionate
growth (4.1%) and addition to population (11,983)
occurred in Bromley.
The population percentages show that compared with both
Greater London and England and Wales Bromley has a higher
proportion of persons in the age range 35 to 64 and a lower proportion
of persons aged 65 and over. Whereas there has been an
increase of 21% in the number of persons of pensionable age in
Bromley during the period 1961/71, there has been no change
in the number of children aged under 16.
Birth Place (Tables 1 and 4)
86% of the Greater London population were persons born
in the U.K. The corresponding figure for Bromley was 93%.
Of persons in Bromley born outside the U.K. 1.9% were from
the new Commonwealth (6.4% in Greater London) 1.3% from
the Irish Republic (3.2% in Greater London) and 2.3% from
European and other foreign countries (4.2% in Greater London).
Housing (Tables 2 and 5)
40% of households in the London area were in owneroccupied
accommodation and the corresponding figure in Bromley
was 63%. Whilst 75% of all households in Greater London had
exclusive use of a hot water supply, fixed bath and inside flush
toilet, nearly 90% of Bromley households were similarly provided.
The lack of exclusive use of these amenities was most marked
in inner London and in households in rented unfurnished
accommodation.
The occupancy rate in Bromley of 0.56 persons per room
was one of the lowest in Greater London. In fact more than
65% of Bromley households were living at occupancy rates of
less than 0.75 persons per room.