Vision of Ireland | 1851 Census: Population tables 2

1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2 (Sample Report Title: Population Tables I. Number of Inhabitants in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851: Report: Objects of census and machinery employed; results and observations; appendix of tabular results, and summary tables: England and Wales, Divisions I to VII. Area, houses, 1841 and 1851; Population, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851), Table [1] : " Population Abstract".

List for top level	Dorset	List for England Dep

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
		1841			1851			Persons						Males						Females
		Inhabited [2]	Uninhabited [3]	Building [4]	Inhabited [5]	Uninhabited [6]	Building [7]	1801 [8]	1811 [9]	1821 [10]	1831 [11]	1841 [12]	1851 [13]	1801 [14]	1811 [15]	1821 [16]	1831 [17]	1841 [18]	1851 [19]	1801 [20]	1811 [21]	1821 [22]	1831 [23]	1841 [24]	1851 [25]
Dorset RegC Total	615,783	33,206	1,913	283	34,721	1,476	210	109,646	119,034	137,938	152,204	167,876	177,095	50,969	55,131	65,897	73,157	80,180	85,828	58,677	63,903	72,041	79,047	87,696	91,267
Shaftesbury RegD/Inc/PLU	36,493	2,588	126	15	2,709	112	15	9,093	9,862	11,196	12,189	13,106	13,029	4,126	4,542	5,335	5,935	6,387	6,325	4,967	5,320	5,861	6,254	6,719	6,704
Sturminster RegD/PLU	37,474	2,112	93	15	2,151	97	8	7,376	7,897	8,992	9,553	10,207	10,382	3,399	3,672	4,320	4,731	4,987	5,078	3,977	4,225	4,672	4,822	5,220	5,304
Blandford RegD/PLU	57,731	2,717	67	13	2,845	50	17	9,448	10,228	11,774	13,066	13,895	14,837	4,388	4,669	5,582	6,236	6,687	7,242	5,060	5,559	6,192	6,830	7,208	7,595
Wimborne and Cranborne RegD/PLU	81,163	3,271	133	47	3,514	93	17	10,978	11,572	12,966	14,229	15,949	17,284	5,102	5,524	6,331	6,962	7,758	8,494	5,876	6,048	6,635	7,267	8,191	8,790
Poole RegD/PLU	27,023	2,551	417	12	2,673	224	14	7,894	7,986	10,552	11,052	12,076	12,890	3,567	3,639	5,052	5,102	5,479	6,002	4,327	4,347	5,500	5,950	6,597	6,888
Wareham and Purbeck RegD/PLU	96,309	3,305	123	17	3,430	88	21	11,028	11,782	13,034	14,579	16,540	17,417	5,334	5,523	6,262	7,046	7,947	8,524	5,694	6,259	6,772	7,533	8,593	8,893
Weymouth RegD/PLU	37,282	3,585	291	48	4,031	247	41	9,334	11,384	14,497	16,947	18,694	22,037	4,119	5,044	6,737	7,814	8,488	10,690	5,215	6,340	7,760	9,133	10,206	11,347
Dorchester RegD	115,339	4,325	151	38	4,550	111	34	15,168	16,075	18,407	20,815	23,381	25,002	7,309	7,555	9,060	10,226	11,348	12,283	7,859	8,520	9,347	10,589	12,033	12,719
Sherborne RegD/PLU	40,018	2,528	136	18	2,521	115	9	8,789	9,509	10,367	11,261	12,242	13,081	4,108	4,383	4,856	5,318	5,883	6,288	4,681	5,126	5,511	5,943	6,359	6,793
Beaminster RegD/PLU	53,764	2,957	151	23	2,915	170	21	10,378	11,257	12,959	13,869	15,112	14,270	4,848	5,381	6,316	6,793	7,370	6,998	5,530	5,876	6,643	7,076	7,742	7,272
Bridport RegD/PLU	33,187	3,267	225	37	3,382	169	13	10,160	11,482	13,194	14,644	16,674	16,866	4,669	5,199	6,046	6,994	7,846	7,904	5,491	6,283	7,148	7,650	8,828	8,962

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