Vision of Ireland | 1931 Census: County Report Part I

1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I (Sample Report Title: Census 1931: England and Wales: Series of County Parts, Part I. County of Worcestershire), Table 3 : " Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Acreage (Land and Inland Water) [1]	TOTAL POPULATION					PRIVATE FAMILIES AND DWELLINGS, 1931
		1921	1931				Private Families [7]	Population in Private Families [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings occupied [9]	Rooms occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]
		Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons per Acre [6]	Private Families [7]	Population in Private Families [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings occupied [9]	Rooms occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]
Wiltshire AdmC Total	860,829	291,838	303,373	151,377	151,996	-	78,816	-	75,615	382,981	-
Bradford on Avon UD	1,990	4,624	4,735	2,201	2,534	-	1,360	-	1,338	6,652	-
Calne MB	356	3,640	3,463	1,620	1,843	-	944	-	934	4,556	-
Chippenham MB	1,197	7,710	8,493	4,077	4,416	-	2,297	-	2,206	11,107	-
Devizes MB	906	6,022	6,058	2,817	3,241	-	1,695	-	1,658	8,159	-
Malmesbury MB	178	2,407	2,334	1,073	1,261	-	1,265	-	658	3,188	-
Marlborough MB	597	4,194	3,492	1,597	1,895	-	913	-	905	4,706	-
Melksham UD	596	3,596	3,881	1,862	2,019	-	1,084	-	1,024	5,290	-
Salisbury MB	2,836	24,904	26,460	12,112	14,348	-	6,595	-	6,327	34,610	-
Swindon MB	6,019	56,841	62,401	31,165	31,236	-	16,576	-	15,261	77,723	-
Trowbridge UD	2,126	12,130	12,011	5,568	6,443	-	3,401	-	3,339	17,037	-
Warminster UD	6,564	5,387	5,176	2,353	2,823	-	1,424	-	1,402	6,989	-
Westbury UD	3,686	3,712	4,044	1,950	2,094	-	1,102	-	1,058	5,105	-
Wilton MB	1,915	2,021	2,195	1,058	1,137	-	652	-	629	3,267	-
Amesbury RD	63,455	15,140	16,995	10,359	6,636	-	2,689	-	2,507	12,238	-
Bradford on Avon RD	16,683	5,488	5,506	2,609	2,897	-	1,431	-	1,420	7,414	-
Calne RD	28,969	4,640	4,797	2,373	2,424	-	1,270	-	1,256	6,238	-
Chippenham RD	57,769	14,549	14,487	6,943	7,544	-	3,989	-	3,935	19,883	-
Cricklade and Wootton Bassett RD	46,617	10,687	11,374	5,795	5,579	-	3,010	-	2,969	14,564	-
Devizes RD	61,855	12,353	12,560	6,257	6,303	-	3,040	-	3,014	15,310	-
Highworth RD	48,084	13,930	15,472	8,300	7,172	-	3,791	-	3,680	18,316	-
Malmesbury RD	58,356	8,480	8,434	4,163	4,271	-	2,260	-	2,248	11,442	-
Marlborough RD	43,796	4,175	4,346	2,247	2,099	-	1,071	-	1,069	5,206	-
Melksham RD	13,672	5,040	5,064	2,478	2,586	-	1,288	-	1,266	6,594	-
Mere RD	32,309	4,707	4,452	2,176	2,276	-	1,250	-	1,243	6,345	-
Pewsey RD	75,219	13,028	14,291	7,969	6,322	-	3,152	-	3,074	14,593	-
Ramsbury RD	51,613	6,313	6,375	3,162	3,213	-	1,776	-	1,771	8,697	-
Salisbury RD	56,513	9,928	10,081	5,049	5,032	-	2,674	-	2,652	13,572	-
Tisbury RD	43,561	7,277	6,664	3,259	3,405	-	1,810	-	1,797	9,312	-
Warminster RD	51,896	6,006	5,334	2,626	2,708	-	1,568	-	1,562	7,774	-
Westbury and Whorwellsdown RD	27,846	6,612	6,584	3,246	3,338	-	1,840	-	1,819	9,207	-
Wilton RD	53,650	6,297	5,814	2,913	2,901	-	1,599	-	1,594	7,887	-

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Wiltshire AdmC:

Rate	Date
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1931
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1931

Notes:

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

1	The figures for Wards are printed in old face type (e.g. 607) and those for Civil Parishes, where different from Wards, in modern face type (e.g. 607).
2	DEFINITIONS: PRIVATE FAMILY. -- Any person or group of persons included in a separate return as being in separate occupation of any premises or part of premises is treated as a separate family for Census purposes, lodgers being so treated when returned as boarding separately and not otherwise. Private families comprise all such families with the exception of those enumerated in (i) Institutions or (ii) business establishments or boarding houses in which the number of resident trade assistants or resident boarders exceeds the number of members of the employer's or householders family (including private domestic servants).
3	DEFINITIONS: STRUCTURALLY SEPARATE DWELLINGS. -- A structurally separate dwelling has been defined for the Census as any room or set of rooms, intended or used for habitation, having separate access either to the street or to a common landing or staircase. Thus each flat in a block of flats is a separate unit; a private house which has not been structurally subdivided is similarly a single unit whether occupied by one family or by several families. But where a private house has been subdivided into maisonettes or portions, each having its front door opening on to the street or on to a common landing or staircase to which visitors have access, then each such portion is treated as a separate unit.
4	DEFINITIONS: ROOMS. -- For the purposes of the Census, the rooms enumerated are the usual living rooms, including bedrooms and kitchens but excluding sculleries, landings, lobbies, closets, bathrooms, or any warehouse, office, or shop rooms.
5	Areas marked (*) have been created or altered during the 1921-1931 intercensal period; for particulars of such creations or alterations (except those relating to Wards), see Table 4.

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