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]
Dorset AdmC Total	622,843	224,731	239,352	115,395	123,957	-	62,126	-	58,863	317,011	-
Blandford Forum MB	253	3,633	3,370	1,579	1,791	-	952	-	943	5,011	-
Bridport MB	686	5,909	5,917	2,583	3,334	-	1,696	-	1,668	8,247	-
Dorchester MB	1,646	9,556	10,030	4,871	5,159	-	2,505	-	2,282	12,473	-
Lyme Regis MB	1,237	2,882	2,620	1,107	1,513	-	670	-	662	3,682	-
Poole MB	7,964	43,649	57,211	26,358	30,853	-	15,036	-	13,529	75,297	-
Portland UD	2,905	12,431	12,019	7,429	4,590	-	2,464	-	2,114	11,546	-
Shaftesbury MB	507	2,404	2,367	1,074	1,293	-	636	-	634	3,247	-
Sherborne UD	1,648	6,469	6,542	3,001	3,541	-	1,571	-	1,533	7,756	-
Swanage UD	2,659	7,106	6,274	2,684	3,590	-	1,507	-	1,461	8,916	-
Wareham MB	250	1,993	2,058	1,016	1,042	-	542	-	515	2,557	-
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB	1,317	24,556	22,188	10,032	12,156	-	5,707	-	5,070	30,218	-
Wimborne Minster UD	575	3,743	3,895	1,751	2,144	-	1,071	-	1,040	5,859	-
Beaminster RD	58,693	8,317	8,018	3,965	4,053	-	2,213	-	2,189	11,644	-
Blandford RD	61,717	7,698	7,466	3,705	3,761	-	2,091	-	2,087	10,587	-
Bridport RD	32,150	6,875	6,947	3,207	3,740	-	1,957	-	1,951	10,213	-
Cerne RD	46,741	4,465	4,290	2,155	2,135	-	1,149	-	1,137	6,168	-
Dorchester RD	69,086	8,776	8,965	4,383	4,582	-	2,063	-	2,054	10,749	-
Poole RD	14,789	4,077	5,089	2,372	2,717	-	1,386	-	1,339	7,387	-
Shaftesbury RD	42,569	9,553	9,091	4,399	4,692	-	2,595	-	2,574	13,421	-
Sherborne RD	36,763	5,373	5,061	2,478	2,583	-	1,362	-	1,349	7,230	-
Sturminster RD	39,342	7,933	7,926	3,809	4,117	-	2,247	-	2,230	11,704	-
Wareham and Purbeck RD	89,583	13,654	14,323	7,968	6,355	-	3,096	-	3,052	15,097	-
Weymouth RD	29,001	8,702	10,933	5,302	5,631	-	2,969	-	2,861	14,116	-
Wimborne and Cranborne RD	80,762	14,977	16,752	8,167	8,585	-	4,641	-	4,589	23,886	-

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