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Census 2021 main statistics housing and accommodation tables

Date published: 22 September 2022

Statistics: Census 2021,  Census 2021 results,  Main statistics

Download the main statistics housing and accommodation tables from the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland.

This theme provides estimates for a number of census topics including average household size, household spaces, accommodation type, adaptation of accommodation, car or van availability, central heating, renewable energy systems, and tenure, as well as a historical breakdown of household size for Northern Ireland.

Data are available for Northern Ireland and the 11 Local Government Districts. The tables on households, household size, and household spaces have been updated to include data for Data Zones, Super Data Zones, and District Electoral Areas. Selected tables have been updated to include settlement and electoral ward data – download all main statistics tables available at settlement and electoral ward geographies.

This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.

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Documents

  • MS-E01 Households [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (451 KB)
  • MS-E02 Household size [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (1 MB)
  • MS-E03 Households, household residents and average household size - 1851-2021 Microsoft Excel (156 KB)
  • MS-E04 Household spaces [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (637 KB)
  • MS-E05 Accommodation type - usual residents [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (292 KB)
  • MS-E06 Accommodation type - households [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (288 KB)
  • MS-E07 Accommodation type - household spaces Microsoft Excel (158 KB)
  • MS-E08 Number of adaptations to accommodation [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (266 KB)
  • MS-E09 Adaptation of accommodation [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (311 KB)
  • MS-E10 Car or van availability [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (303 KB)
  • MS-E11 Central heating (household based) - (classification 1) [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (318 KB)
  • MS-E12 Central heating (system based) - (classification 2) [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (334 KB)
  • MS-E13 Renewable energy systems [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (305 KB)
  • MS-E14 Tenure - usual residents [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (344 KB)
  • MS-E15 Tenure - households [UPDATED] Microsoft Excel (336 KB)
  • MS-E19 Tenure where Household Reference Person (HRP) aged 66 and over Microsoft Excel (160 KB)

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Last updated: 03 March 2025

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