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 SubD Total	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
Motcombe Ch/CP	4,841	290	14	1	296	9	2	917	999	1,184	1,405	1,538	1,535	437	478	563	655	743	752	480	521	621	750	795	783
Shaftesbury Holy Trinity AP/CP	-	216	22	1	199	21	0	923	1,011	1,115	1,184	1,145	1,122	390	446	513	582	537	502	533	565	602	602	608	620
Shaftesbury St Peter CP/AP	-	201	12	1	199	12	1	896	1,029	1,064	1,114	1,101	1,032	328	437	496	539	537	474	568	592	568	575	564	558
Shaftesbury St James AP/CP	2,400	171	15	1	179	4	0	614	595	724	763	924	919	267	277	336	363	434	437	347	318	388	400	490	482
Cann CP/AP	930	111	7	0	118	5	1	203	267	365	435	523	513	98	126	187	209	250	241	105	141	178	226	273	272

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

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1811
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1821
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1831
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1831
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1841
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1841
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1851
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1851
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1851

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