Vision of Ireland | 1961 Census: County Report

1961 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: City and County Parts), Table 19 : " Population in all Private Households by Density of occupation (persons per room) for County, LB, SB, Districts of County, NT".

List for top level	Orkney	List for Scotland Dep

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Total population in all Households [1]	Number of persons per room
	Total population in all Households [1]	Over 1.5 [2]	Over 1 and up to 1.5 [3]	1 [4]	Over 0.75 and up to 1 [5]	0.5 and over and up to 0.75 [6]	Less than 0.5 [7]
Orkney ScoCnty Total	18,123	2,147	3,570	2,635	2,635	3,984	1,713
Kirkwall Burgh	3,953	407	969	496	496	811	331
Stromness Burgh	1,344	127	214	214	214	314	209
Eday DoC	197	19	58	19	19	40	18
Hoy and Walls DoC	678	61	139	75	75	191	83
Mainland DoC	7,676	964	1,433	1,152	1,152	1,656	666
North Ronaldsay DoC	161	19	34	21	21	46	15
Rousay DoC	338	42	69	24	24	100	39
Sanday DoC	660	86	122	94	94	144	63
Shapinsay DoC	421	51	90	47	47	112	25
South Ronaldsay DoC	1,238	167	196	226	226	252	135
Stronsay DoC	472	38	47	93	93	134	67
Westray DoC	985	166	199	174	174	184	62

Comments:

1	The original table also gives percentages of persons living at more than 1.5 per room for 1951 and 1961 in columns J and K.

Notes:

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

1	Note:- This table is restricted to households of which at least one member was present on Census night.
2	Note:- The percentages entered in column K relate to areas as constitued in 1951. An asterick (*) has been inserted where, as a result of subsequent boundary changes - (a) the figures many be approximate in respect of the areas as constituted in 1961, or (b) no figures are available.

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