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	Fife	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]
Fife ScoCnty Total	306,778	150,123	156,655	89,570	85,751	3,614	291,908	12,407	276,368	134,515	141,853	70,456	67,866	3,688	222,364	292,925	322,878	95	85	30,410	-	11	-6
Fife CLandward	108,710	54,560	54,150	29,653	28,487	1,407	96,649	4,701	99,468	50,477	48,991	23,839	22,912	1,856	74,035	105,490	300,059	36	33	9,242	-	9	-6
Dunfermline Burgh	44,719	22,628	22,091	12,801	12,310	399	41,497	1,384	35,058	16,596	18,462	9,355	9,185	244	29,703	39,899	6,731	664	520	9,661	-	28	-12
Kirkcaldy Burgh	49,050	23,472	25,578	15,035	14,391	374	46,350	1,263	44,745	21,139	23,606	11,726	11,349	258	34,479	45,155	4,668	1,050	958	4,305	-	10	-1
Auchtermuchty Burgh	1,330	609	721	443	436	23	1,599	86	1,252	574	678	376	362	26	1,384	1,238	252	527	496	78	-	6	1
Buckhaven and Methil Burgh	20,152	10,018	10,134	5,870	5,407	203	17,074	459	18,150	9,274	8,876	4,295	3,962	78	11,212	17,247	1,062	1,897	1,709	2,002	-	11	5
Burntisland Burgh	5,668	2,722	2,946	1,783	1,686	68	6,121	251	5,409	2,707	2,702	1,458	1,415	87	5,174	5,740	492	1,152	1,099	259	-	5	-6
Cowdenbeath Burgh	13,151	6,607	6,544	3,810	3,734	111	10,529	273	12,753	6,585	6,168	3,121	2,966	42	7,166	14,237	806	1,631	1,582	398	-	3	-10
Crail Burgh	1,139	479	660	387	376	49	1,705	206	1,059	427	632	343	330	43	1,568	1,461	128	889	827	80	-	8	-28
Culross Burgh	578	291	287	167	159	8	590	28	495	244	251	138	125	6	468	508	1,397	41	35	83	-	17	-3
Cupar Burgh	5,530	2,562	2,968	1,758	1,678	73	6,182	267	4,595	2,043	2,552	1,384	1,317	61	5,116	4,146	534	1,035	860	935	-	20	11
Elie and Earlsferry Burgh	1,190	461	729	395	389	119	2,281	481	1,098	395	703	327	318	133	2,077	2,252	129	922	851	92	-	8	-51
Falkland Burgh	1,039	500	539	344	335	13	1,217	42	791	367	424	245	239	27	827	781	339	306	233	248	-	31	1
Inverkeithing Burgh	3,695	1,814	1,881	1,074	1,042	40	3,388	123	3,472	1,710	1,762	869	829	51	2,551	3,658	455	812	763	223	-	6	-5
Kilrenny Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester Burgh	2,991	1,305	1,686	1,055	996	61	3,544	203	3,325	1,431	1,894	1,025	1,008	85	3,409	3,641	544	549	611	-	334	-10	-9
Kinghorn Burgh	2,337	1,116	1,221	739	712	53	2,574	176	2,001	931	1,070	535	524	84	1,964	2,425	326	716	613	336	-	17	-17
Ladybank Burgh	1,149	531	618	397	386	29	1,272	96	1,128	526	602	344	343	15	1,099	1,168	105	1,094	1,074	21	-	2	-3
Leslie Green Burgh	2,612	1,256	1,356	845	831	42	2,674	121	2,492	1,211	1,281	714	709	37	2,015	2,351	210	1,243	1,186	120	-	5	6
Leven Burgh	8,868	4,160	4,708	2,821	2,667	83	9,412	299	7,559	3,594	3,965	2,023	1,966	77	6,718	7,551	718	1,235	1,052	1,309	-	17	0
Lochgelly Burgh	9,103	4,544	4,559	2,619	2,518	53	7,388	161	9,298	4,831	4,467	2,138	2,045	98	5,250	10,666	448	2,031	2,075	-	195	-2	-13
Markinch Burgh	2,306	1,065	1,241	719	698	36	2,328	110	1,992	928	1,064	543	527	24	1,791	1,612	186	1,239	1,070	314	-	16	24
Newburgh Burgh	2,367	1,136	1,231	775	752	36	2,506	116	2,173	1,011	1,162	628	624	57	2,099	2,210	692	342	314	194	-	9	-2
Newport on Tay Burgh	3,274	1,322	1,952	1,125	1,070	57	5,692	278	3,276	1,247	2,029	959	943	57	5,460	3,295	458	714	715	-	2	0	-1
Pittenweem Burgh	1,622	734	888	558	518	43	1,912	163	1,619	758	861	455	449	51	1,652	1,751	430	377	376	3	-	0	-8
St Andrews Burgh	9,457	4,117	5,340	2,797	2,644	126	12,045	791	8,301	3,337	4,964	2,197	2,041	113	10,636	9,345	1,249	757	664	1,156	-	14	-11
St Monance Burgh	1,518	678	840	523	494	63	1,563	178	1,695	828	867	505	496	26	1,259	1,802	78	1,946	2,173	-	177	-10	-6
Tayport Burgh	3,223	1,436	1,787	1,077	1,035	45	3,816	151	3,164	1,344	1,820	914	882	52	3,252	3,296	382	843	828	59	-	2	-4
Anstruther DoC	5,567	2,584	2,983	1,798	1,767	194	7,241	746	5,631	2,617	3,014	1,654	1,636	261	6,775	6,761	39,508	14	14	-	64	-1	-17
Cupar DoC	14,492	7,052	7,440	4,016	3,952	355	14,656	1,105	14,786	7,008	7,778	3,903	3,864	449	14,283	15,390	94,456	15	15	-	294	-2	-4
Dunfermline DoC	24,083	12,115	11,968	6,555	6,240	264	21,817	994	21,446	10,872	10,574	5,126	4,952	391	16,521	23,641	52,865	45	40	2,637	-	12	-9
Kirkcaldy DoC	10,510	5,245	5,265	3,061	2,945	123	9,683	418	11,070	5,540	5,530	2,653	2,595	211	8,260	11,646	28,945	36	38	-	560	-5	-5
Lochgelly DoC	34,461	17,519	16,942	9,055	8,656	228	26,071	647	29,089	15,497	13,592	6,283	5,840	295	14,799	31,941	25,109	137	115	5,372	-	18	-9
St Andrews DoC	7,020	3,667	3,353	1,748	1,688	142	6,210	435	6,904	3,526	3,378	1,721	1,679	187	6,364	6,629	48,010	14	14	116	-	2	4
Wemyss DoC	12,577	6,378	6,199	3,420	3,239	101	10,971	356	10,542	5,417	5,125	2,499	2,346	62	7,033	9,482	11,166	112	94	2,035	-	19	11

Click on the triangles for all about a particular number.

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

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.