Vision of Ireland | 1951 Census: County Report

1951 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: Scotland: City and County Parts: City of Edinburgh), Table 1 : " Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931 for Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs".

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	1951								1931							1921	Area in Acres (1951) [17]	Population per 100 Acres		Population Increase or Decrease
	Population			Census Schedules Completed [4]	All Residential Establishments		Rooms		Population			Census Schedules Completed [12]	All Residential Establishments		Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [15]	Population (Both Sexes) [16]		1951 [18]	1953 [19]	Number 1931 to 1951		Percentage
	Both Sexes [1]	Males [2]	Females [3]	Census Schedules Completed [4]	Occupied [5]	Unoccupied [6]	Occupied [7]	Unoccupied [8]	Both Sexes [9]	Males [10]	Females [11]	Census Schedules Completed [12]	Occupied [13]	Unoccupied [14]	Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [15]	Population (Both Sexes) [16]		1951 [18]	1953 [19]	Increase [20]	Decrease [21]	1931 to 1951 [22]	1921 to 1931 [23]
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty Total	85,660	41,261	44,399	23,793	23,089	1,085	90,448	4,099	81,220	38,479	42,741	20,451	19,913	981	80,450	81,621	688,112	12	11	4,440	-	5	0
Dumfries Shire CLandward	44,060	21,995	22,065	11,601	11,375	710	45,508	2,649	44,123	21,658	22,465	10,616	10,386	646	43,305	45,211	682,960	6	6	-	63	0	-2
Dumfries Burgh	26,322	12,181	14,141	7,557	7,154	144	26,492	564	23,013	10,453	12,560	5,901	5,712	164	21,745	22,024	2,634	999	873	3,309	-	14	4
Annan Burgh	4,631	2,181	2,450	1,339	1,313	47	5,257	170	4,283	1,976	2,307	1,139	1,105	41	4,447	4,268	965	479	443	348	-	8	0
Langholm Burgh	2,404	1,092	1,312	842	836	38	3,225	119	2,454	1,062	1,392	783	773	44	2,786	2,659	257	935	954	-	50	-2	-8
Lochmaben Burgh	1,127	498	629	326	317	17	1,250	54	1,014	452	562	286	281	11	1,051	989	192	586	528	113	-	11	3
Lockerbie Burgh	2,621	1,207	1,414	793	789	38	3,166	145	2,574	1,178	1,396	702	672	19	2,687	2,344	453	578	568	47	-	2	10
Moffat Burgh	2,114	925	1,189	658	634	51	3,093	267	2,006	825	1,181	585	555	42	3,040	2,426	303	697	662	108	-	5	-17
Sanquhar Burgh	2,381	1,182	1,199	677	671	40	2,457	131	1,753	875	878	439	429	14	1,389	1,700	348	684	503	628	-	36	3
Annan DoC	4,644	2,282	2,362	1,323	1,300	57	5,256	303	4,677	2,276	2,401	1,222	1,198	85	5,090	4,975	24,211	19	19	-	33	-1	-6
Dumfries DoC	11,969	5,834	6,135	2,812	2,764	153	11,175	523	11,435	5,448	5,987	2,432	2,399	138	10,953	11,568	112,466	10	10	534	-	5	-1
Gretna DoC	5,787	2,848	2,939	1,563	1,533	71	6,225	239	5,640	2,697	2,943	1,411	1,398	103	5,817	5,961	43,495	13	12	147	-	3	-5
Langholm DoC	2,676	1,365	1,311	745	739	41	3,205	189	2,805	1,388	1,417	739	729	22	3,119	3,066	136,274	1	2	-	129	-5	-9
Lockerbie DoC	4,577	2,408	2,169	1,191	1,179	97	4,907	387	4,935	2,459	2,476	1,212	1,196	65	5,005	5,072	82,003	5	6	-	358	-7	-3
Moffat DoC	1,619	807	812	461	453	29	1,954	116	1,904	953	951	463	454	14	2,066	2,049	78,206	2	2	-	285	-15	-7
Sanquhar DoC	5,475	2,874	2,601	1,419	1,361	85	4,388	246	5,555	2,938	2,617	1,224	1,144	31	3,457	5,102	67,259	8	8	-	80	-1	9
Thornhill DoC	7,313	3,577	3,736	2,087	2,046	177	8,398	646	7,172	3,499	3,673	1,913	1,868	188	7,798	7,418	139,046	5	5	141	-	2	-3

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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)	1951

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	These figures [for rooms] exclude hospitals, nursing homes, institutions and service barracks.
2	[Unoccupied rooms] Includes sub-let rooms in occupied houses.

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