Household Numbers - 1981 ,1991 & 2001

	Private Households			Population in Private Households			Average Household Size
AREA	1981	1991	2001	1981	1991	2001	1981	1991	2001
Bournemouth	58,142	63,371	72,212	135,050	142,744	158,036	2.32	2.25	2.19
Former county of Dorset	225,832	260,950	299,257	566,658	615,223	673,867	2.51	2.36	2.25
South West	1,583,832	1,804,931	2,085,984	4,197,931	4,412,435	4,812,072	2.65	2.44	2.31
England & Wales	17,754,628	19,212,699	21,660,475	47,947,757	47,821,251	51,107,639	2.70	2.49	2.36

Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.
Source: Census 2001, © Crown copyright 2003