Vision of Ireland | 1931 Census: County Report

1931 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1931: Scotland: City and County Parts. City of Edinburgh), Table 1 : " Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and Civil Parishes".

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	1931							1921							1911	Area in Acres (1931) [16]
	Population			Separate Occupiers [4]	Houses		Windowed Rooms (Occupied Houses only) [7]	Population			Separate Occupiers [11]	Houses		Windowed Rooms (Occupied Houses only) [14]	Population (Both Sexes) [15]
	Both Sexes [1]	Males [2]	Females [3]	Separate Occupiers [4]	Occupied [5]	Unoccupied [6]	Windowed Rooms (Occupied Houses only) [7]	Both Sexes [8]	Males [9]	Females [10]	Separate Occupiers [11]	Occupied [12]	Unoccupied [13]	Windowed Rooms (Occupied Houses only) [14]	Population (Both Sexes) [15]
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty Total	81,047	38,410	42,637	20,407	19,869	980	80,220	81,464	38,418	43,046	19,237	18,677	1,185	76,389	79,025	686,978
Dumfries Shire CLandward	44,498	21,820	22,678	10,721	10,490	651	43,867	45,600	22,016	23,584	10,533	10,258	787	42,951	42,567	683,612
Annan Burgh	3,959	1,834	2,125	1,048	1,015	36	3,951	3,928	1,816	2,112	965	957	27	3,832	4,219	383
Dumfries Burgh	22,795	10,366	12,429	5,845	5,656	163	21,466	21,822	10,042	11,780	5,112	4,948	200	19,121	22,211	1,481
Langholm Burgh	2,448	1,060	1,388	781	771	44	2,769	2,655	1,151	1,504	785	773	46	2,857	2,930	204
Lochmaben Burgh	1,014	452	562	286	281	11	1,051	989	416	573	274	268	25	979	1,056	191
Lockerbie Burgh	2,574	1,178	1,396	702	672	19	2,687	2,344	1,041	1,303	602	594	34	2,411	2,455	453
Moffat Burgh	2,006	825	1,181	585	555	42	3,040	2,426	1,086	1,340	572	499	50	2,989	2,079	305
Sanquhar Burgh	1,753	875	878	439	429	14	1,389	1,700	850	850	394	380	16	1,249	1,508	349
Annan DoC	5,001	2,418	2,583	1,313	1,288	90	5,586	5,315	2,493	2,822	1,263	1,248	155	5,448	-	24,793
Dumfries First DoC	6,293	2,905	3,388	1,219	1,211	76	5,923	6,382	2,956	3,426	1,251	1,230	72	5,927	-	55,461
Dumfries Second DoC	5,187	2,561	2,626	1,225	1,200	62	5,079	5,231	2,502	2,729	1,205	1,184	47	4,966	-	48,710
Gretna DoC	5,640	2,697	2,943	1,411	1,398	103	5,817	5,961	2,901	3,060	1,429	1,414	182	5,847	-	43,495
Langholm DoC	2,811	1,390	1,421	741	731	22	3,136	3,070	1,526	1,544	743	726	39	3,104	-	136,327
Lockerbie DoC	4,935	2,459	2,476	1,212	1,196	65	5,005	5,072	2,474	2,598	1,226	1,197	71	5,096	-	82,003
Moffat DoC	1,904	953	951	463	454	14	2,066	2,049	986	1,063	484	444	21	2,125	-	78,204
Sanquhar DoC	5,555	2,938	2,617	1,224	1,144	31	3,457	5,102	2,645	2,457	1,050	969	27	2,750	-	67,257
Thornhill DoC	7,172	3,499	3,673	1,913	1,868	188	7,798	7,418	3,533	3,885	1,882	1,846	173	7,688	-	147,362

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

Rate	Date
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1931
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1931

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