Vision of Britain | 1961 Census: County Report

1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1961: England and Wales: County Report: Kent), Table 3 : " Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings for LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Acreage [1]	Population					Private households and dwellings, 1961
		1951	1961				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 1.5 per room [12]
Dorset AdmC Total	623,745	291,323	313,460	150,526	162,934	0	101,754	297,062	100,724	497,626	0	-
Blandford Forum MB	253	3,667	3,566	1,631	1,935	14	1,202	3,433	1,199	6,027	0	-
Bridport MB	760	6,616	6,530	2,954	3,576	8	2,299	6,223	2,291	11,009	0	-
Dorchester MB	1,673	11,622	12,263	5,903	6,360	7	3,895	11,487	3,860	19,053	0	-
Lyme Regis MB	1,237	3,200	3,526	1,585	1,941	2	1,196	3,071	1,194	5,934	0	-
Poole MB	15,759	83,007	92,111	42,910	49,201	5	30,452	89,559	30,009	146,443	0	-
Portland UD	2,905	11,377	11,569	6,994	4,575	3	2,975	8,854	2,922	14,512	0	-
Shaftesbury MB	1,076	3,303	3,372	1,576	1,796	3	1,136	3,124	1,134	5,419	0	-
Sherborne UD	1,648	5,987	6,053	2,858	3,195	3	2,043	5,583	2,036	10,273	0	-
Swanage UD	2,769	6,866	8,120	3,599	4,521	2	2,483	6,430	2,445	12,494	0	-
Wareham MB	704	2,745	3,098	1,522	1,576	4	993	2,955	982	4,596	0	-
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB	7,017	37,099	41,045	19,260	21,785	5	13,383	39,445	13,094	65,528	0	-
Wimborne Minster UD	654	4,487	4,158	1,891	2,267	6	1,418	4,044	1,393	7,105	0	-
Beaminster RD	58,693	8,186	8,210	4,000	4,210	0	2,643	7,903	2,634	14,527	0	-
Blandford RD	61,718	12,242	10,300	5,256	5,044	0	3,193	9,776	3,172	15,468	0	-
Bridport RD	31,843	7,584	7,804	3,579	4,225	0	2,837	7,504	2,832	14,301	0	-
Dorchester RD	128,608	18,070	18,020	9,043	8,977	0	5,263	16,102	5,258	26,776	0	-
Shaftesbury RD	42,000	9,099	9,271	4,473	4,798	0	3,109	9,097	3,104	15,830	0	-
Sherborne RD	41,481	6,119	5,832	2,877	2,955	0	1,869	5,758	1,864	9,884	0	-
Sturminster RD	45,364	9,304	9,630	4,643	4,987	0	3,263	9,433	3,256	16,666	0	-
Wareham and Purbeck RD	96,724	19,311	20,861	10,397	10,464	0	6,486	19,694	6,459	30,531	0	-
Wimborne and Cranborne RD	80,859	21,432	28,121	13,575	14,546	0	9,616	27,587	9,586	45,250	0	-

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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)	1961
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1961

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