Vision of Ireland | 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".

List for top level	Orkney	List for Scotland Dep

click on 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]
Orkney ScoCnty Total	6,181	134	29	6,085	168	17	24,445	23,238	26,979	28,847	30,507	31,455	10,848	10,127	12,269	13,105	13,831	14,350	13,597	13,111	14,710	15,742	16,676	17,105	-
South Ronaldsay ScoP	600	16	6	563	10	1	1,881	1,843	2,231	2,711	3,194	3,086	856	803	1,038	1,292	1,542	1,445	1,025	1,040	1,193	1,419	1,652	1,641	-
Walls and Flotta ScoP	322	3	2	329	10	1	993	1,084	1,246	1,436	1,613	1,667	411	474	579	662	751	771	582	610	667	774	862	896	-
Hoy and Graemsay ScoP	112	0	0	110	6	2	423	472	508	546	547	615	190	219	231	255	235	264	233	253	277	291	312	351	-
Orphir ScoP	236	1	3	248	3	0	864	845	906	996	1,064	1,157	383	365	407	458	479	519	481	480	499	538	585	638	-
Holm ScoP	183	1	1	162	4	0	871	747	773	747	866	749	373	320	341	341	408	359	498	427	432	406	458	390	-
St Andrews and Deerness ScoP	374	13	1	331	8	2	1,517	1,410	1,558	1,557	1,703	1,712	660	565	701	687	790	801	857	845	857	870	913	911	-
Kirkwall and St Ola ScoP	529	10	3	552	13	5	2,621	2,283	3,246	3,721	3,599	3,990	1,078	908	1,429	1,582	1,527	1,769	1,543	1,375	1,817	2,139	2,072	2,221	-
Stenness ScoP	126	0	0	142	1	2	640	566	596	640	583	635	297	237	280	298	251	272	343	329	316	342	332	363	-
Firth ScoP	144	11	2	160	4	1	632	496	545	560	584	692	253	198	233	270	269	311	379	298	312	290	315	381	-
Stromness ScoP	555	24	3	530	24	1	2,223	2,297	2,944	2,832	2,785	2,770	915	999	1,248	1,168	1,096	1,098	1,308	1,298	1,696	1,664	1,689	1,672	-
Sandwick ScoP	226	4	0	231	7	0	970	922	930	973	1,033	1,107	455	435	433	457	468	496	515	487	497	516	565	611	-
Birsay and Harray ScoP	566	16	0	592	12	1	2,176	2,123	2,245	2,387	2,406	2,499	1,010	917	1,015	1,109	1,048	1,095	1,166	1,206	1,230	1,278	1,358	1,404	-
Evie and Rendall ScoP	342	8	1	318	16	0	1,415	1,227	1,408	1,450	1,518	1,446	649	519	624	617	686	667	766	708	784	833	832	779	-
Shapinsay ScoP	199	5	1	180	4	0	744	726	779	809	935	899	343	325	362	391	441	433	401	401	417	418	494	466	-
Rousay and Egilsay ScoP	284	6	2	235	5	0	1,061	965	1,151	1,262	1,294	1,215	472	417	540	567	588	568	589	548	611	695	706	647	-
Stronsay ScoP	256	6	1	232	17	1	924	864	1,013	1,071	1,268	1,211	447	391	482	532	627	593	477	473	531	539	641	618	-
Eday ScoP	207	4	0	185	7	0	718	580	673	756	1,011	1,016	320	264	324	378	469	476	398	316	349	378	542	540	-
Cross and Burness ScoP	289	3	2	300	4	0	1,318	1,319	1,400	1,503	1,464	1,526	625	637	681	700	720	738	693	682	719	803	744	788	-
Lady ScoP	175	1	0	183	6	0	830	862	880	858	909	1,004	401	415	403	401	420	482	429	447	477	457	489	522	-
Westray ScoP	456	2	1	502	7	0	1,624	1,607	1,947	2,032	2,131	2,459	710	719	918	940	1,016	1,193	914	888	1,029	1,092	1,115	1,266	-

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This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

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