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".

List for top level	Orkney	List for Scotland Dep

click on 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]
Orkney ScoCnty Total	21,255	10,351	10,904	6,179	5,882	525	23,798	1,793	22,077	10,617	11,460	5,929	5,773	433	20,769	24,111	240,848	8	9	-	822	-4	-8
Orkney CLandward	15,404	7,617	7,787	4,456	4,357	453	17,161	1,488	16,968	8,303	8,665	4,483	4,389	353	15,250	18,748	239,911	6	7	-	1,564	-9	-9
Kirkwall Burgh	4,348	2,040	2,308	1,246	1,075	36	4,593	151	3,517	1,586	1,931	1,002	963	42	3,667	3,697	432	1,006	814	831	-	24	-5
Stromness Burgh	1,503	694	809	477	450	36	2,044	154	1,592	728	864	444	421	38	1,852	1,666	505	297	315	-	89	-6	-4
Eday DoC	308	163	145	93	91	26	315	68	470	238	232	122	117	12	321	534	7,798	3	6	-	162	-34	-12
Hoy and Walls DoC	1,275	646	629	361	356	56	1,309	184	1,379	684	695	364	352	25	1,145	1,496	39,513	3	3	-	104	-8	-8
Mainland DoC	8,362	4,122	4,240	2,379	2,320	189	9,415	637	8,297	3,959	4,338	2,160	2,130	201	7,632	8,775	121,005	6	6	65	-	1	-5
North Ronaldsay DoC	224	110	114	65	65	10	224	35	298	160	138	86	77	6	231	349	1,810	12	16	-	74	-25	-15
Rousay DoC	445	220	225	127	127	27	501	103	597	313	284	151	150	10	516	645	13,761	3	4	-	152	-25	-7
Sanday DoC	866	434	432	264	259	35	992	107	1,160	577	583	310	307	25	1,059	1,403	11,873	7	9	-	294	-25	-17
Shapinsay DoC	487	242	245	145	138	16	537	44	584	284	300	152	152	11	495	624	6,761	7	8	-	97	-17	-6
South Ronaldsay DoC	1,512	726	786	462	453	48	1,857	184	1,702	853	849	482	476	25	1,791	2,101	15,064	10	11	-	190	-11	-19
Stronsay DoC	650	331	319	178	177	7	688	19	975	497	478	247	230	2	846	1,067	8,736	7	11	-	325	-33	-9
Westray DoC	1,275	623	652	382	371	39	1,323	107	1,506	738	768	409	398	36	1,214	1,754	13,590	9	11	-	231	-15	-14

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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