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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population fell from 1,330 in 1801 to 251 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 408 males aged 20 and over, 320 were Farmers not employing Labourers.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
BRESSAY BURRA AND QUARFF	Official	English		1891	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BRESSAY	Preferred	English	1891		1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
BRESSAY	Alternate	English		1891	Local Government Board for Scotland, Local Government Board for Scotland Annual Report (H.M.S.O.)

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND	Scottish County			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SHETLAND	Scottish County	1845	1975	1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
SHETLAND	Scottish Poor Law Combination			Higginbotham, History of the Workhouse

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1891	was reduced to enlarge	LERWICK	Detached portions of Bressay Burra and Quarff.	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 3.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.