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".

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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]
Wigtownshire ScoCnty Total	31,620	15,888	15,732	8,178	7,944	471	35,828	2,101	29,331	13,940	15,391	7,191	6,955	512	32,399	30,783	311,984	10	9	2,289	-	8	-5
Wigtownshire CLandward	18,561	9,686	8,875	4,550	4,478	357	20,857	1,584	18,570	9,033	9,537	4,382	4,278	394	20,319	20,394	308,670	6	6	-	9	0	-9
Newton Stewart Burgh	1,997	901	1,096	625	603	13	2,714	52	1,914	814	1,100	521	511	28	2,376	1,831	231	864	828	83	-	4	5
Stranraer Burgh	8,618	4,150	4,468	2,290	2,172	74	9,169	346	6,635	3,078	3,557	1,656	1,558	57	6,930	6,226	653	1,319	1,016	1,983	-	30	7
Whithorn Burgh	1,068	495	573	321	308	5	1,409	22	951	429	522	288	275	13	1,235	1,033	198	539	480	117	-	12	-8
Wigtown Burgh	1,376	656	720	392	383	22	1,679	97	1,261	586	675	344	333	20	1,539	1,299	2,232	61	56	115	-	9	-3
Machars DoC	6,780	3,330	3,450	1,807	1,788	141	8,579	607	7,451	3,628	3,823	1,835	1,789	214	8,808	8,245	149,709	4	4	-	671	-9	-10
Rhins DoC	11,781	6,356	5,425	2,743	2,690	216	12,278	977	11,119	5,405	5,714	2,547	2,489	180	11,511	12,149	158,961	7	6	662	-	6	-8

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

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.

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