1881 Census of England and Wales, Tables: Area, Houses and Population in Registration Counties, Table 4 : " Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics		Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
			1871			1881			Persons		Males		Females
			Inhabited [2]	Uninhabited [3]	Building [4]	Inhabited [5]	Uninhabited [6]	Building [7]	1871 [8]	1881 [9]	1871 [10]	1881 [11]	1871 [12]	1881 [13]
England Dep Total		32,148,915	3,971,411	246,050	35,969	4,516,554	363,505	44,069	21,291,858	24,396,880	10,348,996	11,850,828	10,942,862	12,546,052
London RegC		75,334	417,767	32,320	5,104	486,186	36,966	7,749	3,254,260	3,816,483	1,523,151	1,797,486	1,731,109	2,018,997
Surrey RegC		453,028	62,826	5,470	1,168	79,599	5,182	1,806	365,279	461,054	176,327	219,076	188,952	241,978
Kent RegC		969,417	117,149	7,327	878	132,255	7,386	1,505	629,126	708,527	312,931	350,615	316,195	357,912
Sussex RegC		947,132	76,063	4,150	736	88,561	6,092	1,808	420,910	494,194	201,250	234,248	219,660	259,946
Hampshire RegC		1,050,136	97,524	5,801	673	109,340	6,760	1,400	524,836	575,409	261,545	281,310	263,291	294,099
Berkshire RegC		574,808	45,877	2,237	276	49,893	2,756	413	225,028	247,892	111,310	123,301	113,718	124,591
Middlesex RegC		178,755	46,707	4,445	1,279	63,773	6,140	3,856	264,854	380,814	126,141	180,622	138,713	200,192
Hertfordshire RegC		441,623	39,713	1,862	260	41,649	2,187	362	194,612	202,375	95,178	98,963	99,434	103,412
Buckinghamshire RegC		410,176	32,882	1,464	170	33,178	2,282	179	155,007	155,869	75,748	76,796	79,259	79,073
Oxfordshire RegC		489,727	38,242	1,949	261	38,630	3,015	248	179,397	181,570	88,070	88,908	91,327	92,662
Northamptonshire RegC		635,982	53,121	2,434	270	58,186	3,838	379	248,234	277,035	123,364	138,091	124,870	138,944
Huntingdonshire RegC		204,473	12,887	626	50	11,923	1,108	31	58,031	53,223	28,380	26,067	29,651	27,156
Bedfordshire RegC		307,050	31,572	1,458	174	32,540	2,029	169	151,554	154,259	71,551	72,576	80,003	81,683
Cambridgeshire RegC		573,793	41,708	1,372	214	41,669	2,636	199	192,033	191,114	94,301	93,903	97,732	97,211
Essex RegC		904,194	86,266	5,866	918	103,672	8,828	2,211	440,880	552,268	221,277	276,176	219,603	276,092
Suffolk RegC		925,884	76,212	3,948	301	77,883	5,502	388	347,210	353,545	170,163	172,728	177,047	180,817
Norfolk RegC		1,306,544	97,547	5,533	397	98,649	5,829	458	430,638	437,711	207,159	211,806	223,479	225,905
Wiltshire RegC		793,144	52,447	2,435	349	53,605	3,791	216	246,146	248,664	121,196	122,766	124,950	125,898
Dorset RegC		610,582	38,050	1,784	183	38,435	2,410	203	189,000	184,972	92,574	90,835	96,426	94,137
Devon RegC		1,643,670	106,162	6,474	647	107,380	6,988	1,009	606,102	608,400	287,211	287,461	318,891	320,939
Cornwall RegC		879,328	73,111	4,569	265	68,874	5,642	313	358,356	326,375	167,839	153,015	190,517	173,360
Somerset RegC		1,066,377	96,257	5,226	742	99,385	7,321	655	482,508	490,602	227,888	231,394	254,620	259,208
Gloucestershire RegC		701,414	91,849	5,568	966	98,787	9,026	720	488,904	525,167	229,722	245,627	259,182	279,540
Herefordshire RegC		519,141	25,582	1,259	79	24,881	1,734	108	121,985	118,147	60,833	58,525	61,152	59,622
Shropshire RegC		933,582	54,930	2,500	176	54,567	3,666	226	267,175	265,890	132,929	132,992	134,246	132,898
Staffordshire RegC		766,688	171,505	10,672	898	192,804	15,445	906	877,280	1,006,758	441,332	504,874	435,948	501,884
Worcestershire RegC		434,554	68,597	3,565	439	76,509	5,273	569	336,104	383,011	161,910	184,016	174,194	198,995
Warwickshire RegC		610,587	131,399	10,815	884	148,870	12,972	940	630,470	730,531	307,409	355,551	323,061	374,980
Leicestershire RegC		535,095	60,016	2,876	391	69,325	5,019	560	275,328	326,641	134,214	158,763	141,114	167,878
Rutland RegC		107,352	5,103	220	5	4,908	351	31	23,385	23,007	11,667	11,519	11,718	11,488
Lincolnshire RegC		1,731,718	92,252	4,094	523	98,757	6,599	574	428,075	463,061	212,500	231,710	215,575	231,351
Nottinghamshire RegC		604,181	75,408	3,015	515	91,461	4,829	1,120	355,457	438,642	173,312	215,371	182,145	223,271
Derbyshire RegC		556,869	67,558	3,719	474	78,291	6,031	376	324,900	386,514	162,040	193,110	162,860	193,404
Cheshire RegC		643,745	105,672	7,031	739	121,337	10,738	1,221	539,785	622,365	261,604	301,768	278,181	320,597
Lancashire RegC		1,307,381	536,889	39,826	6,163	662,024	69,251	5,678	2,849,259	3,485,819	1,372,664	1,684,905	1,476,595	1,800,914
West Riding RegC		1,776,884	387,993	21,764	4,786	455,624	41,420	3,322	1,854,119	2,197,999	914,636	1,075,334	939,483	1,122,665
East Riding RegC		696,296	63,844	4,013	795	75,045	7,086	564	306,580	362,375	151,434	179,394	155,146	182,981
North Riding RegC		1,253,650	57,228	3,834	474	66,788	7,161	253	284,010	334,385	144,423	169,197	139,587	165,188
County Durham RegC		765,075	116,309	5,794	1,426	148,687	12,457	557	693,012	875,166	357,019	447,816	335,993	427,350
Northumberland RegC		1,290,312	62,436	3,253	515	70,682	5,625	338	386,646	434,086	192,663	215,882	193,983	218,204
Cumberland RegC		970,161	44,061	2,930	319	49,050	3,326	350	220,253	250,647	109,079	124,746	111,174	125,901
Westmorland RegC		503,073	12,690	552	87	12,892	808	99	65,130	64,314	33,052	31,585	32,078	32,729

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within England Dep:

Rate	Date
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1881
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1881
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1881

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	Where the name of the Registration County in which a parish is situated differs from that of the County Proper to which it belongs, the name of the latter is stated in italics.
2	(W) or (W S) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the parish, and has been included in the return; (w) or (w s) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School not belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the parish, but has been included in the return. A statement of the number of persons in the principal Public Institutions in each district will be found in Table 6.
3	The AREAS which have been supplied by the Ordnance Survey Department are printed in Script type (e.g. Chessington 1250, sub-district 30 : 2). Those printed in French type (e.g. Charnham Street (Wilts) 2490, sub-district 113 : 3) were assigned to the parishes by the late Tithe Commissioners, and those printed in Arabic type (e.g. Baydon (Wilts) 3060, sub-district 113 : 3) were assigned to the parishes by the late Mr. Rickman, in the Enumeration Abstract for 1831. In these latter cases a more accurate estimate of the area is not at present procurable.
4	The areas marked thus (w) either include water or relate to parishes to which a portion of the tidal water or foreshore of contiguous rivers or creeks has been allotted. Such tidal water or foreshore is, however, not included in the areas. For details see Table 8.
5	Persons who, on the night of the 3rd April 1881, were on board barges or boats employed in inland navigation, and those who were on board sea-going vessels in harbours, rivers and creeks, are included among the general population.
6	In cases where detached parts of parishes have been transferred by Local Government Board Orders under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act, 39 & 40 Vict. c. 61, the houses and population for 1871 have been corrected, that the figures may be compatible with those for 1881.

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