Vision of Ireland | 1871 Census: Population summary

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".

Show top level table	Wigtownshire	Show Scotland Dep table

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]
		Separate Families. [2]	Inhabited. [3]	Uninhabited. [4]	Building. [5]	Males. [6]	Females. [7]	Total. [8]	Children from 5 to 13 receiving Education. [9]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [10]	Males. [11]	Females. [12]	Total. [13]	Males. [14]	Females. [15]	Total. [16]	Separate Families. [17]	Inhabited. [18]	Uninhabited. [19]	Building. [20]	Males. [21]	Females. [22]	Total. [23]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [24]
Wigtownshire ScoCnty Total	310,742	8,420	6,739	257	32	17,879	20,951	38,830	5,921	27,961	158	95	253	171	168	339	8,867	6,868	166	40	19,395	22,700	42,095	25,151
Glasserton ScoP	13,284	231	217	19	1	575	621	1,196	195	839	3	2	5	4	4	8	266	245	11	2	701	771	1,472	727
Inch ScoP	30,844	670	571	13	8	1,532	1,736	3,268	516	2,611	13	16	29	23	22	45	677	578	19	4	1,589	1,880	3,469	2,157
Kirkcolm ScoP	13,318	380	325	5	0	908	1,040	1,948	258	1,230	3	2	5	10	12	22	383	322	4	1	849	1,011	1,860	968
Kirkcowan ScoP	35,865	301	237	9	0	622	730	1,352	199	1,057	11	9	20	16	20	36	316	257	8	3	662	772	1,434	859
Kirkinner ScoP	15,250	327	288	16	2	722	826	1,548	261	1,087	4	7	11	6	11	17	335	301	11	1	822	894	1,716	1,021
Kirkmaiden ScoP	13,730	513	428	12	0	1,196	1,311	2,507	360	1,319	17	12	29	17	10	27	489	412	19	0	1,067	1,266	2,333	1,209
Leswalt ScoP	12,523	1,048	437	11	1	1,145	1,351	2,496	373	1,708	24	3	27	8	17	25	559	452	9	3	1,223	1,478	2,701	1,535
Mochrum ScoP	24,071	554	467	12	2	1,149	1,301	2,450	349	1,874	5	5	10	0	0	0	576	462	11	3	1,232	1,462	2,694	1,655
New Luce ScoP	28,877	151	117	5	1	314	347	661	90	445	1	3	4	0	2	2	158	126	3	1	345	386	731	391
Old Luce ScoP	31,596	493	421	15	0	1,153	1,296	2,449	362	1,673	9	4	13	21	16	37	577	437	13	0	1,307	1,493	2,800	1,484
Penninghame ScoP	33,448	865	651	24	2	1,823	2,117	3,940	643	2,971	6	5	11	5	10	15	898	693	4	6	1,885	2,176	4,061	2,796
Portpatrick ScoP	9,094	353	254	18	0	641	851	1,492	239	1,044	0	0	0	0	0	0	454	290	7	2	1,073	1,116	2,189	1,137
Sorbie ScoP	9,611	384	294	8	2	764	903	1,667	242	1,338	1	4	5	7	0	7	384	291	8	1	822	992	1,814	1,212
Stoneykirk ScoP	19,480	538	532	33	1	1,425	1,568	2,993	413	1,700	8	5	13	17	10	27	604	582	13	1	1,540	1,688	3,228	1,522
Stranraer ScoP	55	360	538	23	1	1,590	2,061	3,651	522	2,928	17	5	22	21	17	38	908	480	4	1	1,755	2,267	4,022	2,689
Whithorn ScoP	11,891	701	520	10	8	1,295	1,611	2,906	532	2,155	35	13	48	13	12	25	686	500	11	8	1,331	1,603	2,934	1,946
Wigtown ScoP	7,805	551	442	24	3	1,025	1,281	2,306	367	1,982	1	0	1	3	5	8	597	440	11	3	1,192	1,445	2,637	1,843

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