In the decades between 1930 and 2020, the size of the average living room in newly built houses in Britain has risen from 16 square meters in the 1930s, to 24.9 square meters in the 1970s, before falling to 17.1 square meters in recent years. The reason for the increase in living room size (and house sizes in general) between 1950 and 1980, was due to Britain's economic recovery after the Second World War. However, decreasing family sizes caused the demand for larger houses to drop from the 1980s onwards, and today, newly built living rooms are closer in size to their pre-war levels than their size in the previous decade.
Average living room sizes in newly-built houses in Britain each decade since the 1930s (in square meters (m²))
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Trendmonitor. (October 9, 2018). Average living room sizes in newly-built houses in Britain each decade since the 1930s (in square meters (m²)) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1056003/average-living-room-sizes-new-british-houses-1930-2020/
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