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".

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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]
Orkney ScoCnty Total	22,077	10,617	11,460	5,929	5,773	433	20,769	24,111	11,452	12,659	6,127	5,894	338	20,439	25,897	240,847
Orkney CLandward	16,968	8,303	8,665	4,483	4,389	353	15,250	18,748	9,053	9,695	4,645	4,565	269	15,183	20,317	239,912
Kirkwall Burgh	3,517	1,586	1,931	1,002	963	42	3,667	3,697	1,670	2,027	1,015	922	50	3,350	3,810	430
Stromness Burgh	1,592	728	864	444	421	38	1,852	1,666	729	937	467	407	19	1,906	1,770	505
Eday DoC	470	238	232	122	117	12	321	534	274	260	127	125	14	339	-	7,798
Hoy and Walls DoC	1,379	684	695	364	352	25	1,145	1,496	726	770	376	374	31	1,132	-	39,513
Mainland DoC	8,297	3,959	4,338	2,160	2,130	201	7,632	8,775	4,162	4,613	2,182	2,146	122	7,318	-	121,006
North Ronaldsay DoC	298	160	138	86	77	6	231	349	181	168	75	75	5	203	-	-
Rousay DoC	597	313	284	151	150	10	516	645	323	322	157	153	9	545	-	13,761
Sanday DoC	1,160	577	583	310	307	25	1,059	1,403	701	702	339	336	21	1,089	-	13,683
Shapinsay DoC	584	284	300	152	152	11	495	624	309	315	155	151	4	523	-	6,761
South Ronaldsay DoC	1,702	853	849	482	476	25	1,791	2,101	1,030	1,071	536	523	28	1,885	-	15,064
Stronsay DoC	975	497	478	247	230	2	846	1,067	527	540	259	250	15	874	-	8,736
Westray DoC	1,506	738	768	409	398	36	1,214	1,754	820	934	439	432	20	1,275	-	13,590

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

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

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.

The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.