House Occupancy

Year	Occupied	Vacant	Under Construction
1831	13,983	1,353	336
1841	17,791	544	351
1851	20,447	1,100	212
1881	35,404	1,876	482
1891	38,556	2,165	265
1901	41,511	1,825	137
1921	48,684
1931	48,873
1951	55,192
1961	62,287

Date:	Source:
1831	1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1841 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891	1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901	1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1831	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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