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1951 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: Scotland: City and County Parts: City of Edinburgh), Table 1 : " Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931 for Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs".
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1951 |
1931 |
1921 |
Area in Acres (1951) [17] |
Population per 100 Acres |
Population Increase or Decrease |
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Population |
Census Schedules Completed [4] |
All Residential Establishments |
Rooms |
Population |
Census Schedules Completed [12] |
All Residential Establishments |
Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [15] |
Population (Both Sexes) [16] |
1951 [18] |
1953 [19] |
Number 1931 to 1951 |
Percentage |
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Both Sexes [1] |
Males [2] |
Females [3] |
Occupied [5] |
Unoccupied [6] |
Occupied [7] |
Unoccupied [8] |
Both Sexes [9] |
Males [10] |
Females [11] |
Occupied [13] |
Unoccupied [14] |
Increase [20] |
Decrease [21] |
1931 to 1951 [22] |
1921 to 1931 [23] |
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Scotland Dep Total | 5,096,415 | 2,434,358 | 2,662,057 | 1,451,155 | 1,389,460 | 52,111 | 4,729,314 | 188,126 | 4,842,980 | 2,325,523 | 2,517,457 | 1,195,065 | 1,149,267 | 47,976 | 3,792,735 | 4,882,497 | 19,068,724 | 26 | 25 | 253,435 | - | 5 | -1 | Aberdeen ScoCofC | 182,729 | 83,636 | 99,093 | 54,303 | 50,280 | 1,148 | 169,850 | 4,122 | 169,803 | 78,054 | 91,749 | 42,914 | 40,619 | 756 | 133,299 | 161,193 | 10,488 | 1,742 | 1,619 | 12,926 | - | 8 | 5 | Dundee ScoCofC | 177,340 | 81,138 | 96,202 | 55,025 | 53,743 | 1,251 | 154,347 | 3,598 | 177,179 | 79,541 | 97,638 | 47,442 | 46,662 | 900 | 126,520 | 169,892 | 12,229 | 1,450 | 1,448 | 161 | - | 0 | 4 | Edinburgh ScoCofC | 466,761 | 213,849 | 252,912 | 142,699 | 135,313 | 4,938 | 480,053 | 21,288 | 439,010 | 199,350 | 239,660 | 114,113 | 105,986 | 3,253 | 389,411 | 420,264 | 32,415 | 1,439 | 1,354 | 27,751 | - | 6 | 4 | Glasgow ScoCofC | 1,089,767 | 518,871 | 570,896 | 307,833 | 295,472 | 6,036 | 841,198 | 18,530 | 1,093,337 | 526,912 | 566,425 | 266,572 | 257,172 | 6,492 | 705,720 | 1,056,436 | 38,647 | 2,819 | 2,829 | - | 3,570 | 0 | 3 | Aberdeenshire ScoCnty | 144,800 | 70,055 | 74,745 | 39,203 | 37,663 | 1,697 | 158,754 | 7,397 | 143,718 | 70,046 | 73,672 | 34,678 | 33,585 | 1,602 | 144,455 | 151,825 | 1,252,812 | 11 | 11 | 1,082 | - | 1 | -5 | Angus ScoCnty | 97,536 | 45,644 | 51,892 | 29,609 | 28,978 | 1,953 | 102,247 | 6,411 | 93,011 | 43,040 | 49,971 | 25,717 | 25,309 | 1,846 | 89,448 | 101,160 | 546,861 | 17 | 17 | 4,525 | - | 5 | -8 | Argyll ScoCnty | 63,361 | 30,705 | 32,656 | 18,381 | 17,968 | 2,358 | 80,239 | 9,043 | 63,050 | 30,456 | 32,594 | 16,484 | 15,910 | 2,848 | 70,999 | 76,862 | 1,990,521 | 3 | 3 | 311 | - | 0 | -18 | Ayrshire ScoCnty | 321,237 | 153,114 | 168,123 | 90,463 | 84,911 | 2,953 | 293,881 | 8,973 | 285,217 | 136,658 | 148,559 | 68,681 | 66,010 | 3,133 | 213,488 | 299,273 | 724,234 | 44 | 39 | 36,020 | - | 13 | -5 | Banffshire ScoCnty | 50,148 | 23,808 | 26,340 | 13,805 | 13,154 | 640 | 57,172 | 2,625 | 54,907 | 26,569 | 28,338 | 13,257 | 12,505 | 615 | 53,099 | 57,298 | 403,054 | 12 | 13 | - | 4,759 | -9 | -4 | Berwickshire ScoCnty | 25,068 | 12,183 | 12,885 | 7,675 | 7,526 | 551 | 30,899 | 1,870 | 26,612 | 12,772 | 13,840 | 7,278 | 7,153 | 558 | 28,792 | 28,246 | 292,535 | 8 | 9 | - | 1,544 | -6 | -6 | Buteshire ScoCnty | 19,283 | 9,032 | 10,251 | 5,835 | 5,689 | 1,336 | 26,300 | 4,073 | 18,823 | 8,153 | 10,670 | 5,090 | 4,947 | 2,058 | 23,080 | 33,711 | 139,711 | 13 | 13 | 460 | - | 2 | -44 | Caithness ScoCnty | 22,710 | 10,929 | 11,781 | 6,522 | 6,385 | 532 | 25,562 | 2,071 | 25,656 | 12,471 | 13,185 | 6,691 | 6,352 | 515 | 24,401 | 28,285 | 438,833 | 5 | 5 | - | 2,946 | -11 | -9 | Clackmannanshire ScoCnty | 37,532 | 17,987 | 19,545 | 10,936 | 10,583 | 334 | 35,786 | 1,102 | 31,948 | 15,191 | 16,757 | 8,207 | 8,058 | 312 | 24,596 | 32,542 | 34,938 | 107 | 91 | 5,584 | - | 17 | -2 | Dumfries Shire ScoCnty | 85,660 | 41,261 | 44,399 | 23,793 | 23,089 | 1,085 | 90,448 | 4,099 | 81,220 | 38,479 | 42,741 | 20,451 | 19,913 | 981 | 80,450 | 81,621 | 688,112 | 12 | 11 | 4,440 | - | 5 | 0 | Dunbartonshire ScoCnty | 164,269 | 79,441 | 84,828 | 45,585 | 44,268 | 1,374 | 151,633 | 4,762 | 146,723 | 71,586 | 75,137 | 34,366 | 33,538 | 1,213 | 106,519 | 149,666 | 154,362 | 106 | 95 | 17,546 | - | 12 | -2 | East Lothian ScoCnty | 52,258 | 25,634 | 26,624 | 14,428 | 13,864 | 800 | 54,038 | 3,158 | 47,338 | 23,001 | 24,337 | 11,416 | 11,017 | 827 | 43,703 | 47,487 | 170,971 | 30 | 27 | 4,920 | - | 10 | 0 | Fife ScoCnty | 306,778 | 150,123 | 156,655 | 89,570 | 85,751 | 3,614 | 291,908 | 12,407 | 276,368 | 134,515 | 141,853 | 70,456 | 67,866 | 3,688 | 222,364 | 292,925 | 322,878 | 95 | 85 | 30,410 | - | 11 | -6 | Inverness Shire ScoCnty | 84,930 | 42,536 | 42,394 | 22,328 | 21,366 | 1,784 | 95,536 | 8,494 | 82,108 | 41,109 | 40,999 | 20,003 | 18,984 | 1,384 | 85,264 | 82,455 | 2,695,094 | 3 | 3 | 2,822 | - | 3 | 0 | Kincardineshire ScoCnty | 27,882 | 13,561 | 14,321 | 7,907 | 7,712 | 507 | 32,317 | 1,952 | 26,780 | 12,858 | 13,922 | 6,973 | 6,752 | 558 | 29,439 | 29,777 | 242,460 | 11 | 11 | 1,102 | - | 4 | -10 | Kinross Shire ScoCnty | 7,418 | 3,532 | 3,886 | 2,130 | 2,075 | 167 | 8,414 | 572 | 7,454 | 3,549 | 3,905 | 1,996 | 1,949 | 187 | 8,052 | 7,963 | 52,392 | 14 | 14 | - | 36 | 0 | -6 | Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty | 30,725 | 14,986 | 15,739 | 8,444 | 8,259 | 574 | 38,765 | 2,325 | 30,168 | 14,551 | 15,617 | 7,734 | 7,550 | 602 | 36,361 | 30,904 | 574,024 | 5 | 5 | 557 | - | 2 | -2 | Lanarkshire ScoCnty | 524,596 | 254,632 | 269,964 | 142,616 | 135,154 | 3,070 | 422,596 | 9,176 | 494,326 | 248,965 | 245,361 | 111,417 | 107,521 | 2,717 | 295,647 | 496,718 | 535,862 | 97 | 92 | 30,270 | - | 6 | 0 | Midlothian ScoCnty | 98,974 | 49,344 | 49,630 | 27,167 | 26,080 | 1,504 | 90,809 | 4,504 | 87,286 | 44,041 | 43,245 | 20,557 | 19,768 | 656 | 64,340 | 86,113 | 201,925 | 49 | 43 | 11,688 | - | 13 | 1 | Moray ScoCnty | 48,218 | 24,695 | 23,523 | 12,453 | 11,681 | 589 | 51,019 | 2,874 | 40,806 | 19,371 | 21,435 | 10,445 | 9,948 | 610 | 45,831 | 41,558 | 304,931 | 15 | 13 | 7,412 | - | 18 | -2 | Nairnshire ScoCnty | 8,719 | 4,057 | 4,662 | 2,439 | 2,341 | 174 | 11,246 | 885 | 8,294 | 3,909 | 4,385 | 2,138 | 2,058 | 144 | 10,160 | 8,790 | 104,251 | 8 | 7 | 425 | - | 5 | -6 | Orkney ScoCnty | 21,255 | 10,351 | 10,904 | 6,179 | 5,882 | 525 | 23,798 | 1,793 | 22,077 | 10,617 | 11,460 | 5,929 | 5,773 | 433 | 20,769 | 24,111 | 240,848 | 8 | 9 | - | 822 | -4 | -8 | Peebles Shire ScoCnty | 15,232 | 7,044 | 8,188 | 4,528 | 4,466 | 450 | 17,865 | 1,401 | 15,051 | 6,822 | 8,229 | 4,112 | 4,018 | 288 | 16,061 | 15,332 | 222,240 | 6 | 6 | 181 | - | 1 | -2 | Perthshire ScoCnty | 128,029 | 60,402 | 67,627 | 37,304 | 36,264 | 2,215 | 149,231 | 9,222 | 120,793 | 56,652 | 64,141 | 32,505 | 31,365 | 2,322 | 135,491 | 125,503 | 1,595,804 | 8 | 7 | 7,236 | - | 6 | -4 | Renfrewshire ScoCnty | 324,660 | 153,760 | 170,900 | 91,921 | 88,674 | 2,156 | 289,714 | 7,224 | 287,991 | 138,050 | 149,941 | 68,049 | 65,747 | 1,759 | 196,348 | 286,387 | 143,829 | 225 | 200 | 36,669 | - | 13 | 1 | Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty | 60,508 | 29,066 | 31,442 | 16,892 | 16,337 | 1,269 | 68,494 | 5,610 | 62,799 | 29,820 | 32,979 | 16,069 | 15,351 | 1,113 | 63,375 | 70,818 | 1,977,248 | 3 | 3 | - | 2,291 | -4 | -11 | Roxburghshire ScoCnty | 45,557 | 21,398 | 24,159 | 13,913 | 13,587 | 779 | 52,574 | 2,951 | 45,685 | 20,788 | 24,897 | 12,486 | 12,175 | 583 | 46,602 | 44,881 | 425,564 | 10 | 10 | - | 128 | 0 | 2 | Selkirkshire ScoCnty | 21,729 | 9,946 | 11,783 | 6,932 | 6,770 | 291 | 22,690 | 978 | 22,711 | 10,359 | 12,352 | 6,341 | 6,231 | 195 | 20,910 | 22,715 | 171,209 | 12 | 13 | - | 982 | -4 | 0 | Stirlingshire ScoCnty | 187,527 | 92,070 | 95,457 | 50,683 | 48,193 | 1,416 | 162,442 | 4,643 | 166,447 | 83,825 | 82,622 | 39,035 | 37,478 | 1,126 | 118,902 | 161,721 | 288,349 | 65 | 57 | 21,080 | - | 13 | 3 | Sutherland ScoCnty | 13,670 | 6,650 | 7,020 | 4,068 | 3,984 | 496 | 19,461 | 2,391 | 16,101 | 7,965 | 8,136 | 4,354 | 4,203 | 376 | 19,786 | 17,802 | 1,297,913 | 1 | 1 | - | 2,431 | -15 | -10 | West Lothian ScoCnty | 88,577 | 44,029 | 44,548 | 23,759 | 22,617 | 691 | 71,547 | 1,946 | 81,431 | 41,993 | 39,438 | 18,285 | 17,391 | 406 | 48,256 | 83,960 | 76,859 | 115 | 105 | 7,146 | - | 9 | -3 | Wigtownshire ScoCnty | 31,620 | 15,888 | 15,732 | 8,178 | 7,944 | 471 | 35,828 | 2,101 | 29,331 | 13,940 | 15,391 | 7,191 | 6,955 | 512 | 32,399 | 30,783 | 311,984 | 10 | 9 | 2,289 | - | 8 | -5 | Shetland ScoCnty | 19,352 | 9,001 | 10,351 | 5,649 | 5,437 | 383 | 20,653 | 1,555 | 21,421 | 9,545 | 11,876 | 5,633 | 5,448 | 408 | 18,398 | 25,520 | 352,337 | 5 | 6 | - | 2,069 | -10 | -16 |
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Population Density (Persons per Acre) | 1951 |
Notes:
The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.
1 | These figures [for rooms] exclude hospitals, nursing homes, institutions and service barracks. |
2 | [Unoccupied rooms] Includes sub-let rooms in occupied houses. |
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