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".

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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]
Sutherland ScoCnty Total	-	5,298	4,914	80	41	11,408	12,909	24,317	3,446	15,537	205	131	336	251	135	386	5,382	4,926	72	27	11,552	13,694	25,246	13,933
Reay ScoP	-	518	503	14	2	1,063	1,268	2,331	345	1,190	8	14	22	27	18	45	533	479	8	6	1,144	1,332	2,476	1,075
Assynt ScoP	-	598	587	7	6	1,463	1,543	3,006	375	1,464	58	33	91	29	18	47	606	577	7	5	1,507	1,671	3,178	1,311
Clyne ScoP	-	415	375	11	2	795	938	1,733	281	1,390	0	0	0	0	0	0	457	403	6	2	848	1,038	1,886	1,141
Creich ScoP	-	600	560	8	4	1,255	1,269	2,524	302	1,698	5	4	9	23	4	27	609	549	5	1	1,192	1,329	2,521	1,533
Dornoch ScoP	-	642	543	15	2	1,260	1,504	2,764	438	2,256	10	9	19	28	22	50	654	584	3	4	1,333	1,552	2,885	1,939
Durness ScoP	-	204	198	2	2	479	570	1,049	165	579	8	10	18	13	14	27	201	199	2	0	525	584	1,109	479
Eddrachillis ScoP	-	287	279	6	0	787	743	1,530	152	811	27	26	53	85	23	108	291	279	0	0	799	842	1,641	749
Farr ScoP	-	431	421	10	8	853	1,166	2,019	271	956	38	13	51	10	11	21	428	421	5	1	862	1,241	2,103	800
Golspie ScoP	-	368	322	2	2	849	955	1,804	333	1,433	3	0	3	3	0	3	344	285	1	4	725	890	1,615	1,348
Kildonan ScoP	-	446	363	1	2	875	1,041	1,916	282	1,304	24	12	36	13	10	23	453	374	18	3	974	1,158	2,132	1,225
Lairg ScoP	-	215	208	1	1	478	500	978	120	749	9	6	15	21	10	31	224	214	10	3	447	514	961	646
Loth ScoP	-	134	118	2	2	277	306	583	72	415	4	2	6	3	2	5	136	126	5	0	281	329	610	413
Rogart ScoP	-	318	310	4	8	638	703	1,341	167	1,027	5	5	10	4	6	10	340	328	3	1	657	782	1,439	1,015
Tongue ScoP	-	421	412	9	2	933	1,118	2,051	325	985	9	2	11	7	7	14	416	377	6	3	908	1,169	2,077	879

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