Housing and Households

 

      Census Years
      1987 1987 1994 2002
Housing units          
  No. of houses   15,050 16,808 17,599 20,270
             
Households   15,118 17,107 17,878 20,933
        Tenure (%)          
  Owner   64 69 75 66
  Tenant   25 23 18 24
  Free   8 6 3 7
        Type of construction(1)        
  Stone/Block 54 64 70 77
  Wood/Iron 42 32 27 21
        State of repair (%)        
  Good   58 66 72 73
  Fair   26 22 19 19
  Poor   12 8 6 5
        Amenities          
            (Percentage of Households with)        
  Treated water 69 83 83 87
  Electricity   76 90 92 96
  Toilet          
     of which : flush toilet 62 78 86 94
  Radio   91 92 .. 92
  Television   44 71 .. 88
  VCR   .. 47 .. 56
  Telephone .. 41 .. 63
  Motorised transport 16 21 .. 21
             
% of female headed households 45 47 49 49
Average household size 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.0

                                                                                   

(1) 1987 refers to housing stock as opposed to households  

 

 

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