Vision of Ireland | 1871 Census: Population summary

1871 Census of Scotland, Population of Scotland with Report: Population of various types of areas, Houses, Table 1 : " Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861".

Show top level table	Dumfries Shire	Show Scotland Dep table

Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Acres. [1]	1871															1861
		Separate Families. [2]	HOUSES			PERSONS			Children from 5 to 13 receiving Education. [9]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [10]	Temporarily Absent			Temporarily Present			Separate Families. [17]	HOUSES			PERSONS			Rooms with one or more Windows. [24]
		Separate Families. [2]	Inhabited. [3]	Uninhabited. [4]	Building. [5]	Males. [6]	Females. [7]	Total. [8]	Children from 5 to 13 receiving Education. [9]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [10]	Males. [11]	Females. [12]	Total. [13]	Males. [14]	Females. [15]	Total. [16]	Separate Families. [17]	Inhabited. [18]	Uninhabited. [19]	Building. [20]	Males. [21]	Females. [22]	Total. [23]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [24]
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty Total	680,217	16,494	13,646	682	81	34,815	39,993	74,808	12,447	53,476	396	374	770	404	542	946	16,591	13,192	373	93	35,674	40,204	75,878	46,186
Moffat ScoP	42,965	609	494	31	10	1,158	1,385	2,543	405	2,679	14	15	29	42	64	106	550	442	22	7	1,026	1,206	2,232	2,132
Annan ScoP	10,915	1,253	1,115	106	3	2,375	2,865	5,240	763	3,842	33	19	52	18	35	53	1,336	1,085	41	8	2,680	3,081	5,761	3,515
Applegarth ScoP	11,869	174	167	4	0	426	476	902	164	645	2	7	9	2	6	8	175	161	1	2	472	463	935	597
Canonbie ScoP	24,142	635	603	17	0	1,462	1,593	3,055	522	1,728	10	10	20	13	13	26	726	593	18	0	1,636	1,583	3,219	1,438
Caerlaverock ScoP	5,664	265	229	20	0	543	608	1,151	221	800	3	5	8	2	3	5	283	244	13	0	556	692	1,248	807
Closeburn ScoP	29,102	345	288	14	1	756	856	1,612	305	1,014	20	15	35	9	13	22	346	285	4	1	777	874	1,651	915
Cummertrees ScoP	9,466	228	207	15	1	545	571	1,116	175	714	4	8	12	11	12	23	242	214	9	0	583	647	1,230	680
Dalton ScoP	6,886	127	124	11	0	271	306	577	79	529	15	17	32	4	7	11	133	123	8	1	300	379	679	508
Dornock ScoP	4,626	177	164	14	0	390	436	826	146	605	4	3	7	2	4	6	180	169	12	5	422	434	856	497
Dryfesdale ScoP	10,231	626	525	21	5	1,360	1,465	2,825	503	1,985	18	15	33	18	13	31	548	462	7	3	1,170	1,339	2,509	1,512
Dumfries ScoP	10,032	3,259	1,964	75	15	6,738	8,103	14,841	2,396	11,122	53	26	79	27	50	77	2,955	1,681	25	14	6,108	7,415	13,523	9,267
Dunscore ScoP	14,815	309	288	17	1	707	797	1,504	261	1,001	16	16	32	11	14	25	311	281	4	4	739	815	1,554	845
Durisdeer ScoP	19,717	261	244	5	0	540	649	1,189	192	882	4	4	8	11	10	21	289	265	4	0	619	701	1,320	884
Eskdalemuir ScoP	43,282	111	109	2	0	274	277	551	80	363	2	1	3	0	1	1	112	110	0	1	299	291	590	339
Ewes ScoP	24,941	70	67	2	0	162	176	338	38	330	3	3	6	4	4	8	68	59	1	1	174	182	356	214
Glencairn ScoP	30,083	444	399	24	3	800	949	1,749	284	1,616	6	5	11	16	10	26	463	389	19	6	842	1,025	1,867	1,373
Gretna ScoP	7,863	304	290	42	0	655	740	1,395	237	831	3	6	9	5	6	11	353	307	15	0	785	835	1,620	815
Half Morton ScoP	6,084	113	110	4	0	310	301	611	103	329	2	6	8	8	4	12	138	129	1	0	347	366	713	378
Hoddom ScoP	7,514	361	291	11	1	730	868	1,598	264	999	11	5	16	13	16	29	344	294	5	4	799	854	1,653	929
Holywood ScoP	8,805	231	206	7	0	487	582	1,069	173	848	5	6	11	2	12	14	248	206	4	0	522	593	1,115	742
Hutton and Corrie ScoP	23,923	160	153	2	2	390	452	842	143	507	3	7	10	7	6	13	167	153	2	1	415	461	876	459
Johnstone ScoP	13,490	224	206	5	0	527	562	1,089	182	721	1	2	3	14	18	32	235	207	3	2	561	588	1,149	628
Keir ScoP	7,806	176	159	5	3	372	456	828	141	583	1	3	4	4	12	16	190	175	11	0	397	452	849	585
Kirkconnel ScoP	26,660	200	167	6	3	449	503	952	182	568	1	6	7	3	3	6	221	180	10	3	462	534	996	491
Kirkmahoe ScoP	12,553	275	249	7	0	627	705	1,332	227	1,138	10	7	17	5	6	11	295	262	11	1	699	763	1,462	1,025
Kirkmichael ScoP	16,983	182	175	6	0	422	481	903	156	634	4	2	6	7	5	12	205	185	6	2	485	541	1,026	629
Kirkpatrick Fleming ScoP	11,529	323	307	33	1	722	807	1,529	293	1,011	17	25	42	4	14	18	363	337	12	1	935	990	1,925	937
Kirkpatrick Juxta ScoP	22,335	219	194	6	0	506	579	1,085	207	731	7	7	14	9	17	26	220	172	2	1	477	548	1,025	593
Langholm ScoP	16,971	880	686	13	18	1,806	1,929	3,735	602	2,663	16	20	36	17	13	30	713	564	13	5	1,410	1,569	2,979	1,860
Lochmaben ScoP	10,813	690	660	37	3	1,455	1,630	3,085	535	2,160	38	12	50	12	17	29	680	605	13	6	1,472	1,615	3,087	1,805
Middlebie ScoP	17,545	424	382	16	3	955	1,045	2,000	332	1,187	8	4	12	10	13	23	426	389	26	5	973	1,031	2,004	1,038
Morton ScoP	8,036	502	394	10	1	959	1,140	2,099	360	1,602	11	16	27	11	17	28	533	408	4	2	1,038	1,215	2,253	1,321
Mouswald ScoP	5,889	120	108	3	0	302	345	647	135	398	0	3	3	5	5	10	132	121	2	0	292	341	633	406
Penpont ScoP	21,961	315	250	7	1	611	712	1,323	223	882	15	8	23	15	9	24	314	221	3	1	631	695	1,326	802
Ruthwell ScoP	8,693	202	193	7	0	442	530	972	152	648	4	3	7	6	15	21	221	191	7	1	494	552	1,046	610
St Mungo ScoP	4,897	128	113	10	2	313	345	658	118	504	1	4	5	3	5	8	123	110	2	0	324	362	686	366
Sanquhar ScoP	40,846	727	580	37	0	1,421	1,617	3,038	495	1,862	9	23	32	19	36	55	820	603	8	4	1,662	1,907	3,569	1,799
Tinwald ScoP	10,283	194	185	8	0	460	533	993	160	707	6	5	11	4	5	9	229	196	2	0	525	554	1,079	551
Torthorwald ScoP	6,831	247	235	11	1	490	608	1,098	209	617	2	7	9	2	9	11	294	259	9	1	584	670	1,254	589
Tundergarth ScoP	10,482	101	92	3	2	239	271	510	72	312	1	3	4	0	5	5	103	89	4	0	242	265	507	336
Tynron ScoP	15,683	91	79	3	0	166	215	381	61	414	6	2	8	3	4	7	87	78	6	0	204	242	446	246
Wamphray ScoP	13,133	102	90	3	1	235	270	505	85	353	2	8	10	11	5	16	110	88	1	0	283	276	559	350
Westerkirk ScoP	26,992	114	109	2	0	271	269	540	72	425	5	5	10	15	6	21	115	104	5	0	266	271	537	386
Kirkpatrick Irongay ScoP	13,675	162	154	15	0	404	411	815	123	637	5	1	6	1	7	8	167	157	8	1	447	466	913	543
Terregles ScoP	3,842	96	86	5	0	249	298	547	77	489	1	1	2	0	1	1	102	95	2	0	270	310	580	451
Troqueer ScoP	11,675	1,224	737	18	9	2,497	2,905	5,402	906	3,453	17	12	29	10	18	28	1,106	693	11	8	2,146	2,597	4,743	3,159

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

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1861
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1871
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1871
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1871

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