Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: County Report

1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: England and Wales: County Report: Yorkshire West Riding), Table 3 : " Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings for AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT".

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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]	POPULATION					PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS AND DWELLINGS, 1951
		1931	1951				Private Households [7]	Population in Private Households [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupied [9]	Rooms Occupied [10]	Density of Occupation
		Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons per Acre [6]	Private Households [7]	Population in Private Households [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupied [9]	Rooms Occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]	Percentage of persons at more than 2 per Room [12]
Dorset AdmC Total	622,844	235,588	291,323	141,266	150,057	-	84,818	-	81,044	400,234	-	-
Blandford Forum MB	253	3,370	3,667	1,699	1,968	-	1,127	-	1,081	5,135	-	-
Bridport MB	686	5,917	6,272	2,834	3,438	-	2,046	-	1,994	8,925	-	-
Dorchester MB	1,675	10,030	11,622	5,672	5,950	-	3,327	-	3,061	15,005	-	-
Lyme Regis MB	1,237	2,620	3,200	1,351	1,849	-	912	-	907	4,573	-	-
Poole MB	15,640	60,196	83,007	37,887	45,120	-	25,395	-	23,794	117,807	-	-
Portland UD	2,905	12,019	11,377	6,979	4,398	-	2,631	-	2,462	12,358	-	-
Shaftesbury MB	1,076	2,819	3,303	1,486	1,817	-	1,047	-	1,027	4,873	-	-
Sherborne UD	1,648	6,542	5,987	2,750	3,237	-	1,845	-	1,806	8,715	-	-
Swanage UD	2,762	6,277	6,866	2,901	3,965	-	1,982	-	1,893	10,044	-	-
Wareham MB	710	2,366	2,745	1,318	1,427	-	838	-	796	3,781	-	-
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB	7,017	29,511	37,099	17,137	19,962	-	11,339	-	10,371	53,127	-	-
Wimborne Minster UD	654	4,075	4,487	2,014	2,473	-	1,406	-	1,347	6,647	-	-
Beaminster RD	58,693	8,018	8,186	3,983	4,203	-	2,476	-	2,446	12,499	-	-
Blandford RD	61,717	7,466	12,242	7,757	4,485	-	2,458	-	2,439	11,924	-	-
Bridport RD	31,917	6,937	7,928	3,596	4,332	-	2,497	-	2,472	12,292	-	-
Dorchester RD	128,592	15,991	18,070	9,462	8,608	-	4,643	-	4,576	22,469	-	-
Shaftesbury RD	42,000	8,639	9,099	4,391	4,708	-	2,803	-	2,779	13,521	-	-
Sherborne RD	41,481	5,383	6,119	2,962	3,157	-	1,669	-	1,643	8,503	-	-
Sturminster RD	45,364	8,488	9,304	4,451	4,853	-	2,972	-	2,951	14,562	-	-
Wareham and Purbeck RD	95,954	12,352	19,311	10,367	8,944	-	4,760	-	4,677	22,337	-	-
Wimborne and Cranborne RD	80,863	16,572	21,432	10,269	11,163	-	6,645	-	6,522	31,137	-	-

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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)	1951

Notes:

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

1	For definitions of dwellings, households, rooms, etc., see pp. vii and xvi.
2	Acreage figures have been supplied by the Ordnance Survey Department; see p. vii.
3	All figures relate to the areas as constituted in 1951. 1931 figures are not available for those areas marked f (see p. vii).
4	Areas marked * have been created or altered during the 1931-1951 intercensal period; particulars are given either in the 1931 Census County Report, Part II, or in Table 5.

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