1871 Census of Scotland, Population of Scotland with Report: Population of various types of areas, Houses, Table 1 : " Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics		Area in Acres. [1]	1871															1861
			Separate Families. [2]	HOUSES			PERSONS			Children from 5 to 13 receiving Education. [9]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [10]	Temporarily Absent			Temporarily Present			Separate Families. [17]	HOUSES			PERSONS			Rooms with one or more Windows. [24]
				Inhabited. [3]	Uninhabited. [4]	Building. [5]	Males. [6]	Females. [7]	Total. [8]			Males. [11]	Females. [12]	Total. [13]	Males. [14]	Females. [15]	Total. [16]		Inhabited. [18]	Uninhabited. [19]	Building. [20]	Males. [21]	Females. [22]	Total. [23]
Midlothian ScoCnty Total		231,724	73,865	27,856	1,404	442	153,892	174,487	328,379	47,528	228,578	973	634	1,607	1,067	1,576	2,643	62,436	24,162	802	308	126,390	147,607	273,997	185,866
Cramond ScoP		5,277	689	466	27	4	1,609	1,452	3,061	468	1,966	1	1	2	15	23	38	612	447	9	7	1,402	1,346	2,748	1,659
Kirkliston ScoP		9,541	477	463	28	2	1,068	1,119	2,187	363	1,356	6	4	10	0	0	0	461	390	11	5	904	1,013	1,917	1,161
Borthwick ScoP		9,806	368	353	40	0	870	850	1,720	292	1,041	5	3	8	4	11	15	372	333	25	0	904	838	1,742	922
Carrington ScoP		4,403	135	125	5	0	342	370	712	114	398	2	6	8	24	21	45	134	124	2	0	333	348	681	426
Cockpen ScoP		2,950	740	701	33	10	1,632	1,714	3,346	630	2,004	6	10	16	4	10	14	685	605	37	6	1,398	1,504	2,902	1,632
Colinton ScoP		5,640	662	644	40	6	1,630	2,014	3,644	479	2,065	11	7	18	15	13	28	614	465	24	9	1,239	1,417	2,656	1,562
Corstorphine ScoP		3,654	382	326	12	5	828	960	1,788	246	1,412	1	13	14	8	13	21	356	289	21	0	756	823	1,579	1,085
Cranston ScoP		5,100	224	218	11	0	497	539	1,036	169	639	0	0	0	2	9	11	237	204	9	0	499	536	1,035	569
Crichton ScoP		4,821	281	244	28	0	585	638	1,223	200	693	3	3	6	3	3	6	324	264	20	0	624	680	1,304	685
Currie ScoP		11,103	498	427	22	1	1,116	1,244	2,360	372	1,539	6	8	14	10	22	32	480	433	23	8	1,058	1,190	2,248	1,323
Dalkeith ScoP		2,344	1,721	948	25	18	3,780	3,887	7,667	1,297	5,446	16	20	36	20	39	59	1,655	901	9	10	3,583	3,531	7,114	4,479
Duddingston ScoP		1,731	1,489	913	64	9	2,735	3,634	6,369	979	6,059	17	30	47	17	28	45	1,241	822	55	14	2,204	2,955	5,159	4,857
Edinburgh ScoP		7,909	46,516	11,123	319	292	92,020	110,597	202,617	27,612	150,828	533	345	878	645	1,062	1,707	39,181	10,044	147	180	75,563	93,844	169,407	121,920
Fala and Soutra ScoP		6,064	76	73	5	0	182	182	364	64	226	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	77	2	2	172	210	382	276
Glencorse ScoP		4,276	247	186	18	0	618	535	1,153	145	764	0	1	1	46	5	51	190	165	11	1	679	538	1,217	740
Heriot ScoP		15,013	90	83	8	0	208	206	414	53	287	2	2	4	5	6	11	82	70	8	2	235	172	407	228
Inveresk ScoP		5,155	2,216	1,446	88	5	4,673	5,398	10,071	1,576	6,497	31	26	57	21	38	59	2,102	1,438	65	15	4,352	5,173	9,525	5,910
Kirknewton ScoP		9,477	458	375	16	2	1,161	1,037	2,198	320	1,172	6	4	10	6	6	12	355	291	23	2	747	792	1,539	962
Lasswade ScoP		10,675	1,432	1,328	62	5	3,582	3,516	7,098	1,121	3,937	14	21	35	25	18	43	1,279	1,080	44	5	2,653	3,035	5,688	3,311
Leith ScoP		349	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Leith ScoP		-	3,343	1,355	140	19	7,204	7,624	14,828	2,373	9,240	87	8	95	13	26	39	2,357	792	11	9	5,657	5,246	10,903	6,628
South Leith ScoP		1,629	6,813	1,894	121	33	14,872	15,207	30,079	4,521	18,231	140	22	162	61	92	153	5,814	1,893	24	10	12,691	13,479	26,170	15,728
Liberton ScoP		6,617	861	694	61	10	1,780	2,011	3,791	635	2,492	9	9	18	8	24	32	793	681	64	7	1,667	1,840	3,507	2,047
Mid Calder ScoP		12,294	354	274	32	0	817	817	1,634	271	1,009	0	4	4	7	10	17	310	226	32	1	655	734	1,389	949
Newbattle ScoP		5,223	581	524	36	3	1,481	1,421	2,902	581	1,447	5	8	13	2	10	12	583	528	9	2	1,412	1,425	2,837	1,317
Newton ScoP		2,033	276	267	51	0	562	619	1,181	219	704	6	4	10	1	2	3	331	322	33	0	765	788	1,553	763
Penicuik ScoP		18,880	781	587	26	3	1,835	1,930	3,765	631	2,020	11	17	28	37	22	59	691	439	34	13	1,565	1,684	3,249	1,771
Ratho ScoP		6,147	397	327	12	2	867	877	1,744	305	1,233	11	11	22	2	4	6	371	286	12	0	791	868	1,659	1,150
Stow ScoP		36,832	449	387	37	4	1,187	1,119	2,306	352	1,689	12	14	26	9	21	30	416	354	13	3	1,125	1,046	2,171	1,520
Temple ScoP		14,464	327	236	16	2	780	756	1,536	284	793	6	10	16	3	3	6	332	238	9	1	696	689	1,385	666
West Calder ScoP		21,089	1,457	1,325	57	9	4,504	3,361	7,865	1,256	2,796	31	26	57	54	35	89	447	344	25	1	997	930	1,927	917

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

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1861
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1871
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1871
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1871

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