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Of the 26,048 structurally separate dwellings occupied by
private families:—1,760, or 7 per cent., consisted of 1-3 rooms
and were occupied by 1,819 families; 14,010 or 54 per cent.,
consisted of 4-5 rooms and were occupied by 16,424 families;
9,474, or 36 per cent., consisted of 6-8 rooms and were occupied
by 14,232 families; 804, or 3 per cent., consisted of 9
or more rooms and were occupied by 1,172 families.
89 per cent, of all structurally separate dwellings in Woolwich
consisted of structurally undivided private houses, 4
per cent, of flats and tenements, and 7 per cent, were
attached to offices, shops, etc. The corresponding figures
for the administrative county were 68, 21 and 11 per cent.
The number of unoccupied dwellings on Census night was
361, made up of the following structurally separate dwellings:
1-3 rooms, 31; 4-5 rooms, 173; 6-8 rooms, 131; 9 or
more rooms, 26.
In 1911 there were 21,295 occupied dwellings and 1,225
unoccupied.
In tabular from is shewn below the number of rooms occupied
by private families and the percentage of families living in
these units of occupation. It shews that families have less
accommodation than they had in 1911. In London, most
families live in three rooms, whereas four is the predominant
figure in Woolwich. In Woolwich the number of persons
living three or more in a room was 1,094; more than two per
room, 10,270; between one and two persons per room, 54,477.
The percentage living more than two to a room was 7.8
compared with 6.3 in 1911, the corresponding London figures
being 16.1 in 1921, and 17.8 in 1911.