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London
Local authorityOvercrowded households
(more than one person per room)
% of all householdsSupports a change to the 1935 standard?
Tower Hamlets984512.5yes
Newham11,01412.0yes
Hackney77959.1yes
Brent87788.8yes
Southwark80547.6yes
Ealing76836.5not available
Haringey59276.4yes
Kensington and Chelsea48476.1yes
Camden54185.9no
Waltham Forest49835.5yes
Source: 2001 census/Association of London Government
Outside London
Local authorityOvercrowded households
(more than one person per room)
% of all householdsSupports a change to the 1935 standard?
Slough 26976.0yes
Luton 32264.6na
Leicester41923.8no
Birmingham14,0823.6yes
Blackburn with Darwen17923.4na
Oldham27803.2yes
Pendle10102.8yes
Reading15442.7na
Rochdale22242.7yes
Kirklees42312.7no
Source: 2001 census/Association of London Government