Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Population tables 2

1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2 (Sample Report Title: Population Tables I. Number of Inhabitants in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851: Report: Objects of census and machinery employed; results and observations; appendix of tabular results, and summary tables: England and Wales, Divisions I to VII. Area, houses, 1841 and 1851; Population, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851), Table [1] : " Population Abstract".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
		1841			1851			Persons						Males						Females
		Inhabited [2]	Uninhabited [3]	Building [4]	Inhabited [5]	Uninhabited [6]	Building [7]	1801 [8]	1811 [9]	1821 [10]	1831 [11]	1841 [12]	1851 [13]	1801 [14]	1811 [15]	1821 [16]	1831 [17]	1841 [18]	1851 [19]	1801 [20]	1811 [21]	1821 [22]	1831 [23]	1841 [24]	1851 [25]
Burnley RegD/PLU Total	54,126	9,965	620	136	12,039	466	288	24,419	31,416	41,930	48,017	54,202	63,868	11,943	15,287	20,751	23,573	26,779	31,680	12,476	16,129	21,179	24,444	27,423	32,188
Burnley SubD	21,448	4,189	208	110	5,776	154	152	8,275	10,514	15,048	18,197	23,546	31,853	4,069	5,164	7,449	8,843	11,589	15,703	4,206	5,350	7,599	9,354	11,957	16,150
Padiham SubD	11,963	1,358	58	3	1,528	24	12	4,639	5,628	6,680	7,170	7,145	7,883	2,352	2,756	3,348	3,587	3,574	3,923	2,287	2,872	3,332	3,583	3,571	3,960
Colne SubD	15,435	3,889	294	23	4,253	220	124	9,448	12,906	17,201	19,697	20,761	21,764	4,538	6,259	8,456	9,689	10,256	10,883	4,910	6,647	8,745	10,008	10,505	10,881
Pendle SubD	5,280	529	60	0	482	68	0	2,057	2,368	3,001	2,953	2,750	2,368	984	1,108	1,498	1,454	1,360	1,171	1,073	1,260	1,503	1,499	1,390	1,197

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