Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: County Report

1951 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: Scotland: City and County Parts: City of Edinburgh), Table 1 : " Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931 for Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	1951								1931							1921	Area in Acres (1951) [17]	Population per 100 Acres		Population Increase or Decrease
	Population			Census Schedules Completed [4]	All Residential Establishments		Rooms		Population			Census Schedules Completed [12]	All Residential Establishments		Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [15]	Population (Both Sexes) [16]		1951 [18]	1953 [19]	Number 1931 to 1951		Percentage
	Both Sexes [1]	Males [2]	Females [3]	Census Schedules Completed [4]	Occupied [5]	Unoccupied [6]	Occupied [7]	Unoccupied [8]	Both Sexes [9]	Males [10]	Females [11]	Census Schedules Completed [12]	Occupied [13]	Unoccupied [14]	Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [15]	Population (Both Sexes) [16]		1951 [18]	1953 [19]	Increase [20]	Decrease [21]	1931 to 1951 [22]	1921 to 1931 [23]
Dumfries Burgh Total	26,322	12,181	14,141	7,557	7,154	144	26,492	564	23,013	10,453	12,560	5,901	5,712	164	21,745	22,024	2,634	999	873	3,309	-	14	4
Dumfries ScoP	17,610	8,039	9,571	4,857	4,603	104	17,090	406	19,359	8,871	10,488	4,498	4,345	131	17,345	19,014	10,085	174	191	-	1,749	-9	2
Terregles ScoP	4,204	2,122	2,082	892	855	8	3,170	32	580	267	313	135	134	3	655	428	3,828	109	15	3,624	-	625	36
Troqueer ScoP	9,875	4,625	5,250	2,858	2,723	66	10,356	273	7,594	3,415	4,179	2,029	1,977	56	7,705	6,870	12,125	81	62	2,281	-	30	11

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

Rate	Date
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1951

Notes:

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

1	These figures [for rooms] exclude hospitals, nursing homes, institutions and service barracks.
2	[Unoccupied rooms] Includes sub-let rooms in occupied houses.

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