Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Population tables 2

1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2 (Sample Report Title: Population Tables I. Number of Inhabitants in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851: Report: Objects of census and machinery employed; results and observations; appendix of tabular results, and summary tables: England and Wales, Divisions I to VII. Area, houses, 1841 and 1851; Population, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851), Table [1] : " Population Abstract".

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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
		1841			1851			Persons						Males						Females
		Inhabited [2]	Uninhabited [3]	Building [4]	Inhabited [5]	Uninhabited [6]	Building [7]	1801 [8]	1811 [9]	1821 [10]	1831 [11]	1841 [12]	1851 [13]	1801 [14]	1811 [15]	1821 [16]	1831 [17]	1841 [18]	1851 [19]	1801 [20]	1811 [21]	1821 [22]	1831 [23]	1841 [24]	1851 [25]
Shaftesbury RegD/Inc/PLU Total	36,493	2,588	126	15	2,709	112	15	9,093	9,862	11,196	12,189	13,106	13,029	4,126	4,542	5,335	5,935	6,387	6,325	4,967	5,320	5,861	6,254	6,719	6,704
Shaftesbury SubD	8,171	989	70	4	991	51	4	3,553	3,901	4,452	4,901	5,231	5,121	1,520	1,764	2,095	2,348	2,501	2,406	2,033	2,137	2,357	2,553	2,730	2,715
Fontmell SubD	14,944	683	18	0	722	16	3	2,478	2,622	2,890	3,029	3,294	3,355	1,144	1,212	1,375	1,480	1,612	1,680	1,334	1,410	1,515	1,549	1,682	1,675
Gillingham SubD	13,378	916	38	11	996	45	8	3,062	3,339	3,854	4,259	4,581	4,553	1,462	1,566	1,865	2,107	2,274	2,239	1,600	1,773	1,989	2,152	2,307	2,314

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