1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers (Sample Report Title: Abstracts of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act, passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George IV, Intituled, "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and the Increase or Diminution thereof." Enumeration Abstract.), Table [1] : " Population Abstract".

List for top level	England	List for Great Britain Dep

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics		Area	Houses				Occupations			Persons				Agriculture			Employed in Manufacture, or in making Manufacturing Machinery. [16]	Employed in Retail Trade, or in Handicrafts as Masters or Workmen. [17]	Capitalists, Bankers, Professional and other Educated Men. [18]	Labourers employed in Labour not Agricultural [19]	Other Males 20 Years of Age (except Servants) [20]	Male Servants		Female Servants [23]
		English Statute Acres [1]	Inhabited [2]	Families [3]	Building [4]	Uninhabited [5]	Families chiefly employed in Agriculture [6]	Families chiefly employed in Trade, Manufactures, and Handicraft [7]	All other Families not comprised in the two preceding Classes [8]	Males [9]	Females [10]	Total of Persons [11]	Males Twenty Years of Age [12]	Occupiers employing Labourers. [13]	Occupiers not employing Labourers. [14]	Labourers employed in Agriculture. [15]						20 Years of Age [21]	Under 20 Years [22]
England Dep Total		32,404,808	2,308,220	2,725,808	23,293	116,652	756,273	1,174,065	795,444	6,322,688	6,669,609	12,992,297	3,173,022	139,779	93,640	739,488	310,808	957,503	179,153	493,746	188,348	70,282	30,762	515,648
Bedfordshire AncC		297,652	17,978	20,016	171	324	11,364	5,137	3,515	46,450	49,033	95,483	22,517	1,330	474	11,588	38	5,502	577	1,474	1,037	551	448	2,588
Berkshire AncC		472,270	28,032	31,081	234	975	14,147	9,784	7,150	72,553	72,836	145,389	37,084	1,711	458	14,802	521	10,758	1,447	3,708	2,224	1,455	810	6,022
Buckinghamshire AncC		463,820	28,172	31,849	134	807	16,893	8,395	6,561	71,734	74,795	146,529	35,504	2,152	453	16,743	369	8,604	1,176	3,213	1,820	974	702	4,174
Cambridgeshire AncC		536,853	26,685	30,210	162	631	16,093	8,213	5,904	72,031	71,924	143,955	35,715	2,421	1,266	15,698	39	8,792	1,764	3,007	1,882	846	937	5,386
Cheshire AncC		649,050	60,798	64,955	406	2,818	16,440	34,997	13,518	164,133	170,258	334,391	78,940	4,374	4,059	15,094	13,305	22,134	2,626	12,723	3,549	1,076	642	12,147
Cornwall AncC		854,970	53,481	59,816	758	2,538	18,351	13,382	28,083	146,213	154,725	300,938	69,737	4,608	3,613	16,243	107	15,254	2,508	22,706	4,014	684	357	9,221
Cumberland AncC		969,430	31,017	34,820	213	1,522	10,630	12,026	12,164	81,971	87,710	169,681	40,614	3,617	2,839	9,010	3,214	11,186	1,802	6,077	2,530	339	181	6,789
Derbyshire AncC		663,180	46,098	48,320	356	1,989	13,324	20,788	14,208	117,740	119,430	237,170	58,178	3,320	4,257	10,593	8,863	14,787	1,829	10,897	2,863	769	349	7,232
Devon AncC		1,636,530	81,999	101,911	1,381	4,220	35,505	33,339	33,067	235,789	258,689	494,478	116,188	9,328	3,356	35,311	1,221	35,784	5,907	14,307	9,075	1,899	752	20,886
Dorset AncC		627,220	29,303	33,614	310	1,200	14,601	10,106	8,907	78,345	84,982	163,327	37,861	2,243	967	14,056	722	10,568	1,624	4,451	2,476	754	489	5,574
County Durham AncC		679,530	41,460	54,992	345	1,570	8,558	18,533	27,901	121,748	132,162	253,910	59,045	2,229	1,544	7,556	2,547	19,035	2,871	19,473	3,204	586	427	8,438
Essex AncC		979,000	57,158	65,319	354	1,860	34,599	18,282	12,438	159,015	158,492	317,507	79,023	4,561	888	38,234	871	18,953	2,960	6,727	4,056	1,773	846	11,876
Gloucestershire AncC		790,470	71,254	83,446	794	4,263	21,185	33,179	29,082	185,118	201,901	387,019	94,234	3,675	1,846	20,927	5,992	29,716	5,647	18,322	5,756	2,353	973	17,311
Herefordshire AncC		543,800	21,903	23,565	159	869	12,888	6,105	4,572	55,313	55,373	110,686	29,342	2,505	1,679	12,213	63	7,576	911	2,410	1,521	464	261	5,512
Hertfordshire AncC		400,370	26,549	29,250	119	699	13,268	8,552	7,430	71,395	71,946	143,341	34,910	1,518	399	14,700	290	9,426	1,429	4,101	1,886	1,161	503	5,263
Huntingdonshire AncC		241,690	9,990	11,278	40	290	6,231	2,940	2,107	26,377	26,815	53,192	13,001	857	397	5,967	0	3,443	401	971	649	316	148	1,941
Kent AncC		972,240	82,153	97,142	842	3,818	31,667	29,419	36,056	233,987	244,583	478,570	115,655	4,361	2,152	36,113	476	34,257	5,503	15,245	14,570	2,978	1,574	19,260
Lancashire AncC		2,089,516	228,120	260,025	2,842	15,014	24,696	173,693	61,636	649,135	686,465	1,335,600	313,097	6,658	9,714	20,949	97,517	86,079	17,614	60,553	11,222	2,791	1,034	33,509
Leicestershire AncC		511,340	40,351	42,242	174	1,844	12,352	22,984	6,906	97,556	99,447	197,003	49,812	2,656	2,045	10,642	12,240	13,772	1,421	3,701	2,509	826	338	6,194
Lincolnshire AncC		1,663,850	61,615	65,903	268	1,971	35,749	17,284	12,870	158,858	158,607	317,465	79,535	6,901	6,204	32,167	167	20,490	2,734	5,855	3,886	1,131	707	16,021
Middlesex AncC		178,990	163,758	286,436	3,838	13,282	9,852	155,644	120,940	570,470	663,977	1,234,447	322,505	1,033	490	11,350	10,790	144,660	42,657	73,345	19,997	18,183	5,016	77,192
London AncC		600	16,735	27,603	81	1,131	30	18,178	9,395	60,740	62,943	123,683	36,016	17	0	26	274	18,560	6,800	6,390	2,552	1,397	909	10,562
Norfolk AncC		1,292,300	74,793	84,259	439	2,868	37,610	28,871	17,752	189,323	200,731	390,054	93,498	5,229	2,718	37,466	4,740	26,543	3,116	6,577	5,675	1,434	688	14,490
Northamptonshire AncC		646,817	36,322	39,163	154	882	18,334	12,895	7,934	87,949	91,387	179,336	43,793	3,015	1,117	17,775	582	13,841	1,264	2,619	2,874	706	417	5,678
Northumberland AncC		1,150,130	35,826	48,364	220	1,517	10,127	14,236	24,001	106,147	116,765	222,912	53,212	2,374	1,270	10,443	1,252	17,149	2,857	13,939	3,228	700	261	10,056
Nottinghamshire AncC		525,800	44,936	47,117	456	1,701	13,351	25,578	8,188	110,457	114,870	225,327	56,582	2,643	2,414	11,799	14,260	14,683	2,093	5,628	2,339	723	409	7,886
Oxfordshire AncC		467,270	29,334	31,770	198	849	15,304	9,454	7,012	76,387	75,769	152,156	39,023	2,054	458	15,998	711	11,110	2,231	3,016	2,525	839	381	5,571
Rutland AncC		96,980	3,935	4,191	22	99	2,299	1,102	790	9,721	9,664	19,385	4,940	429	424	1,910	12	1,373	150	269	224	149	103	879
Shropshire AncC		864,360	42,633	46,427	253	1,415	17,096	16,210	13,121	111,017	111,921	222,938	56,474	3,832	2,139	17,296	1,353	14,461	1,948	11,585	2,800	1,060	500	11,371
Somerset AncC		1,028,090	71,325	84,571	939	3,617	30,452	28,230	25,889	192,892	209,884	402,776	95,556	6,032	3,731	28,107	4,350	26,762	4,676	12,183	7,074	2,641	1,160	18,333
Hampshire AncC		1,018,550	56,526	64,652	522	2,017	22,761	20,983	20,908	152,082	162,198	314,280	74,711	2,774	1,234	24,675	292	23,164	3,784	10,348	6,117	2,323	972	12,721
Staffordshire AncC		736,290	78,049	83,593	573	4,088	18,156	43,648	21,789	206,921	203,591	410,512	101,632	3,781	3,649	16,812	20,757	24,764	3,569	22,690	4,245	1,365	594	12,739
Suffolk AncC		918,400	50,139	61,533	259	1,141	31,491	18,116	11,926	145,769	150,548	296,317	71,376	4,526	1,121	33,040	676	18,167	2,228	5,336	4,940	1,342	690	11,483
Surrey AncC		474,480	80,070	109,077	1,073	6,102	14,647	49,616	44,814	230,195	255,474	485,669	119,565	1,873	727	16,761	2,065	44,139	14,235	24,878	10,756	4,131	2,101	24,540
Sussex AncC		907,920	45,505	52,716	620	1,859	22,450	17,489	12,777	135,333	137,007	272,340	67,077	3,160	1,330	26,125	109	19,208	3,094	8,151	4,094	1,806	725	13,369
Warwickshire AncC		567,930	68,253	72,357	782	3,882	15,880	43,291	13,186	165,576	171,034	336,610	83,239	2,838	1,142	15,644	11,375	32,579	4,012	10,358	3,729	1,562	884	13,089
Westmorland AncC		485,990	10,353	10,984	44	421	4,454	4,116	2,414	27,576	27,465	55,041	14,020	1,435	1,685	3,474	1,074	3,621	602	1,195	746	188	66	2,586
Wiltshire AncC		869,620	46,281	51,659	321	1,897	25,045	15,627	10,987	117,622	122,534	240,156	58,039	3,356	1,237	24,532	3,490	13,066	1,790	4,823	4,340	1,157	396	7,623
Worcestershire AncC		459,710	41,646	45,512	302	2,066	14,654	19,030	11,828	103,383	107,982	211,365	52,796	2,636	1,260	14,590	8,024	13,693	2,085	6,544	2,885	1,079	446	8,162
Yorkshire AncC		3,671,800	267,685	284,070	2,135	16,596	63,739	144,613	75,718	677,667	693,692	1,371,359	328,976	15,717	16,884	53,059	76,060	89,844	13,211	43,951	16,479	3,771	1,566	41,974

Comments:

1	This transcription also includes sub-parish units, but as they have not been systematically added to the auo they are not included in the material copied into the g_data table.

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Acknowledgments:

We are grateful to the following contributors. If you make use of the data in your own work, please follow any instructions given here on acknowledgment and re-use.

David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

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