Vision of Britain | 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]
Leicestershire AdmC Total	532,779	494,469	541,861	258,267	283,594	-	142,047	-	136,807	727,236	-
Leicester CB/MB	8,582	234,143	239,169	111,141	128,028	-	63,944	-	60,719	332,950	-
Ashby de la Zouch UD	3,949	4,983	5,091	2,460	2,631	-	1,248	-	1,227	6,453	-
Ashby Woulds UD	1,941	3,199	3,351	1,746	1,605	-	745	-	734	3,583	-
Coalville UD	6,287	20,467	21,880	11,122	10,758	-	5,232	-	4,757	24,367	-
Hinckley UD	3,706	13,652	16,030	7,624	8,406	-	4,225	-	4,127	20,762	-
Loughborough MB	3,079	25,857	26,945	12,923	14,022	-	6,991	-	6,732	34,281	-
Market Harborough UD	4,785	8,597	9,312	4,268	5,044	-	2,491	-	2,434	13,451	-
Melton Mowbray UD	3,926	9,378	10,437	5,045	5,392	-	2,613	-	2,498	12,781	-
Oadby UD	2,164	3,229	4,724	2,090	2,634	-	1,276	-	1,249	7,430	-
Quorndon UD	2,220	2,417	2,604	1,228	1,376	-	738	-	725	4,235	-
Shepshed UD	5,425	5,533	5,758	2,776	2,982	-	1,525	-	1,508	7,383	-
Thurmaston UD	1,762	2,206	3,723	1,842	1,881	-	984	-	969	4,663	-
Wigston UD	2,092	9,102	11,389	5,511	5,878	-	3,062	-	2,977	15,336	-
Ashby de la Zouch RD	31,791	17,064	17,462	8,969	8,493	-	4,197	-	4,048	19,615	-
Barrow upon Soar RD	46,478	25,209	30,862	14,469	16,393	-	8,047	-	7,948	41,712	-
Belvoir RD	17,871	3,239	3,035	1,462	1,573	-	878	-	862	4,711	-
Billesdon RD	52,482	7,283	11,073	5,197	5,876	-	2,988	-	2,977	16,541	-
Blaby RD	29,221	16,565	32,764	15,739	17,025	-	8,531	-	8,359	42,202	-
Castle Donington RD	15,589	6,459	6,489	3,164	3,325	-	1,688	-	1,684	8,487	-
Hallaton RD	13,654	1,746	1,554	740	814	-	471	-	470	2,508	-
Hinckley RD	18,875	14,296	16,916	8,255	8,661	-	4,516	-	4,458	23,079	-
Loughborough RD	20,242	4,526	4,822	2,356	2,466	-	1,277	-	1,257	6,751	-
Lutterworth RD	46,701	10,198	10,685	5,181	5,504	-	2,874	-	2,851	15,113	-
Market Bosworth RD	61,027	23,196	23,544	12,024	11,520	-	5,587	-	5,389	26,878	-
Market Harborough RD	32,016	7,489	7,523	3,540	3,983	-	2,079	-	2,062	11,301	-
Melton Mowbray RD	96,914	14,436	14,719	7,395	7,324	-	3,840	-	3,786	20,663	-

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