Vision of Britain | 1891 Census: Population tables 2

1891 Census of England and Wales, Area, Houses and Population: Registration Areas and Sanitary Districts, Table 2 : " Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes".

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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
		Inhabited				Uninhabited				Building				Persons	Males	Females
		1881 [2]	1881 [3]	1881 [4]	1891 [5]	1891 [6]	1891 [7]	1881 [8]	1891 [9]	1881 [10]	1891 [11]	1881 [12]	1891 [13]
Diss SubD Total	17,608	1,641	108	3	1,620	119	2	7,422	7,288	3,507	3,492	3,915	3,796
Dickleburgh CP/AP	2,356	179	21	0	181	13	0	829	825	398	385	431	440
Thelveton AP/CP	1,058	31	1	0	33	3	0	160	196	74	95	86	101
Billingford AP/CP	1,815	48	0	0	43	1	0	194	183	97	104	97	79
Scole AP/CP	1,587	166	8	0	149	22	0	720	673	359	334	361	339
Diss AP/CP	3,674	861	47	3	855	56	2	3,846	3,763	1,740	1,736	2,106	2,027
Burston AP/CP	1,466	83	2	0	82	4	0	406	375	203	179	203	196
Shimpling AP/CP	797	40	2	0	40	2	0	175	168	90	84	85	84
Gissing AP/CP	2,005	92	10	0	93	6	0	454	434	230	233	224	201
Tivetshall St Mary AP/CP	1,149	63	10	0	65	4	0	299	303	145	155	154	148
Tivetshall St Margaret AP/CP	1,701	78	7	0	79	8	0	339	368	171	187	168	181
Tasburgh AP/CP	914	98	6	0	96	5	1	446	423	216	207	230	216
Tharston AP/CP	1,633	74	3	0	72	2	0	375	288	183	136	192	152
Wacton CP/AP	1,124	52	4	0	55	8	0	235	240	115	113	120	127
Winfarthing AP/CP	2,670	141	10	0	130	6	0	604	543	313	280	291	263
Shelfanger CP/AP	1,725	85	13	0	80	6	0	341	308	171	152	170	156
Roydon AP/CP	1,141	127	12	0	155	1	0	612	739	295	367	317	372
Bressingham AP/CP	2,421	125	9	0	124	13	0	509	553	255	270	254	283
Fersfield CP	1,396	60	0	0	56	2	0	288	256	145	132	143	124

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

Rate	Date
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1891
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1891
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1891

Notes:

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

1	The Registration Districts of this Division are co-extensive with Poor Law Unions, except ...
2	Where the name of a Registration County in which a Parish is situated differs from that of the Administrative County to which it belongs, the name of the latter is added in italics. [further information on special cases in the specific division.]
3	(W) or (W.S.) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the Parish; (w) or (w.s.) that one of these institutions not belonging to the District is situated therein. A statement of the number of persons enumerated in Public Institutions in each District will be found in Table 8.
4	The places named in footnotes as being included in Civil Parishes are Hamlets, Villages, etc, or localities having no defined boundaries.
5	Under the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876, 1879 and 1882 numerous detached parts of Civil Parishes have been amalgamated with other Civil Parishes, and a statement of such transferences is given in Table 14.
6	Revised areas of Civil Parishes and parts of Parishes have been furnished by the Ordnance Survey Department.
7	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 11.
8	Persons who, on the night of 5th April, 1891, were on board barges or boats employed in inland navigation, and those who were on board sea-going and coastal vessels in harbours, rivers and creeks, are included in the general population. For details see Table 9.

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