Area, Houses and Persons
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The Area as assigned to the several Parishes in England in the Abstract of 1831 has been adopted in the present Abstract. Attempts have been made without success to obtain authentic information whereby the apparent inaccuracies which exist in this computation of the Area might have been remedied; but nothing short of an actual survey would be calculated to give a more accurate result than has been here obtained by the labours of the late Mr. Rickman. It will be found that the number of inhabited houses has increased in a greater ratio than the population, both in England and Wales, a circumstance which would appear to show an increase of comfort, and of those habits of separate and independent residence which are so characteristic of our countrymen. In England and Wales the proportion per cent. of inhabited houses to population, in 1831, was 17.85, or 2,481,544 houses to a population of 13,897,187, or, in other words, 5.6 persons to each house; in 1841, the proportion of houses to every 100 of the population was 18.50, or only 5.4 persons to every house. Such is the result for England and Wales, showing that while the number of inhabited houses has increased at the rate of 18.6 per cent in the last ten years, the increase of population has been 14.5 per cent. in the period ending 1841, although it was 16 per cent. in the period ending 1831. Two short tables1
are here subjoined, one showing the results of a similar comparison for some of the municipal towns and districts of Great Britain; the other the number of persons to inhabited houses in England and Wales at each decennial period since 1801. It will be seen that in the Metropolis the proportion of houses to inhabitants is slightly diminished, while in Middlesex it has remained stationary. In Lancashire the average number to each house is very little above, and in Yorkshire it is slightly below that of all England, and in both counties house accommodation has increased in a greater proportion than the population. With respect to the Return of Houses for Scotland, a comparison with the Return of 1831 has been rendered impracticable, owing to a misconstruction of directions on the part of many of the enumerators, and the peculiar difficulty attending the proper discrimination of houses
from tenements
. By diligent investigation, and by collating the present Returns with those of 1831, we have been enabled to arrive at the conclusion, that the proportion which the population of Scotland now bears to the inhabited houses is rather above that exhibited in the Abstracts of 1831. The total number of FAMILIES in Scotland, as returned in the Schedules, amounted to 550,428, or in the proportion of 1 to 4.76 of the population. The number of families in 1831 was 502,301, or in the proportion of 4.71 to the population. The total number now given in the Abstract as of Inhabited Houses is augmented by (in numerous cases) the return of families instead of houses. By comparing this total of families with the number of houses as given in the Abstract (502,852), it will be seen that in most cases throughout Scotland flats, apartments, and families have been reckoned and returned as distinct houses. TABLE for Scotland, showing the Number of Families to a Population of 100, and of Persons to each Family, in the Years 1831 and 1841: also, the Increase per Cent. in the Number of Families in 1831-41. *
The Population, as given for Edinburgh City and Suburbs includes (for sake of comparison with the Returns of 1831) the Parishes of North and South Leith; but they are no longer considered as Suburbs of Edinburgh. †
The Population as given for Aberdeen City, includes (for sake of comparison with 1831) the whole of Old Machar Parish. The following Table will show the Number of Persons enumerated in each County of England, Wales, and Scotland, with the progressive increase of Population at each decennial period since 1801; also the Number of Parishes and Places of which the population is distinctly stated in the Enumeration Abstract, together with the Area of each County in English statute acres. To this Table is added another showing a similar comparison of the Population of several principal towns, wherein it has been necessary to give two columns of population for the year 1841, the one exhibiting each place according to its limits as they existed at former periods, the other according to its present boundaries, whether extended or otherwise. SCOTLAND.
SUMMARY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
*
For the purposes of Comparison with the Total of 1811, the Population of the Channel Islands, as taken in 1821, has been omitted. COMPARATIVE POPULATION of the chief Cities and Towns in ENGLAND and SCOTLAND, 1801-1841. It will be perceived that, according to the Returns of the total population of England and Wales, there appears to be a diminution in the rate of increase on the last ten years, as compared with the preceding decennial period, of 1½ per cent., or the difference between 16 per cent. and 14.5. We have thought it our duty to inquire whether this arises from a difference between the excess of births over deaths in the latter of these two periods, or from some cause quite unconnected with the statistics of vitality. As one very obvious cause for an increased or diminished rate of increase of the population would be found in the greater or less extension of emigration, we directed our inquiry to the Returns on this subject. The additional population which would be required, in order to make the ratio of increase on the present occasion equal to that of the former decennial period, would be 208,998, being 1½ per cent. on the total population of 1831; and from Returns which have been furnished from the Emigration Board, it appears that the total excess of emigration in the ten years ending 1841, compared with the ten years ending 1831, may be estimated at 282,322.2
Of this number a large proportion were natives of Ireland, who sailed from the Ports of England, particularly from Liverpool; but allowing a reasonable deduction for such persons, it may still be assumed that the apparent falling off in the rate of increase of population in England in the ten years ending 1841, as compared with that observable in the previous ten years, has been influenced more by the progress of emigration, than by any causes affecting the natural increase by the excess of births over deaths. When it is considered, that though the ages of parties emigrating are not returned, it is notorious that the greater part consist of persons in the prime of life, a class from which there would probably be a great excess of births over deaths, there can remain no doubt that the multiplication of numbers in England, by the excess of births over deaths, has continued at an undiminished, if not an increased rate, in the last ten years. It should be here noticed that an excess of births over deaths may be maintained in different periods at exactly the same rate by two entirely different conditions, inasmuch as greater fecundity in a population may be, and in fact is, counteracted by increased mortality, the previous rate of increase being thus barely maintained; while, on the other hand, a diminution in the number of births to any given number of the population may be made up by a diminished rate of mortality. In either of these cases, the result, on striking a balance between the births and deaths, would be the same, and would afford the same natural rate of increase
for the two periods compared; while the condition of the people, which is the subject of inquiry, would be very dissimilar. When we come to the detailed Abstract of Ages, it may appear as if the latter of these two causes had been principally operating in the course of the last ten years. Whether the total increase of population represented by the Returns of this or any former period can be wholly ascribed to the mere excess of births over deaths, depends upon the satisfactory solution of either of two intricate propositions, applicable to any given period:—1st. Whether the exact proportion of births to deaths can be ascertained; and 2nd. Whether the counterbalancing effects of immigration and emigration have been in equal operation. With respect to the former proposition, the result obtained through the General Registry Act3
cannot, at present, be deemed wholly conclusive; and with respect to the latter proposition, the means of secure calculation are destroyed by the impossibility of ascertaining the exact numbers of immigrants. It might not be unreasonable to assume that the amount of emigration, although very extensive, does not differ widely from the amount of immigration, which will always result from the temptations held out by capital and enterprise to the productive classes of every kind. In confirmation of this it will be seen, that (although there is no reason to suppose that the fecundity of the population is there less than in England) the population of Ireland has only increased, according to the Returns presented by the Irish Commissioners, at the rate of 5½ per cent. It cannot be doubted that a large proportion of the increase that would there arise from the mere excess of births over deaths, has gone to swell the Returns of the existing population of England and Scotland. Here, again, it should be borne in mind, that the immigrants will be generally just of the age most likely still further to increase the population, their children born in the last ten years serving to swell the number of those "born in the county" in which they were enumerated. When we come to examine the column (included in these Returns) which contains the birth-place of those living in each place, it will be generally found that every remarkable increase in the population is attended by a proportionate increase in the number of persons not natives of the place which is the subject of inquiry. 1
Table I.—Showing the Number of Inhabited Houses to a Population of 100 and Number of Persons to each Inhabited House, in the Years 1831 and 1841; also, the Increase per Cent. in the Number of Houses in 1841 as compared with 1831. Table II. Showing the Proportion of Persons to each Inhabited House in England and Wales, 1801-1841. NOTE.—The first two periods exclude, while the three last include the Returns for the Islands in the British Seas. 2
It appears that in the records of the Emigration Board there are no means of distinguishing males from females, or adults from children, nor of giving the Returns of emigrants for an earlier period than 1825. The Return furnished to us was therefore in the following form:— "The number of Emigrants from the ports of England and Wales were— We have assumed, with respect to the first three years of the first decennial period, that the number of emigrants was as great in each year as in each of the seven following years for which we have Returns. As the numbers appear to have progressively increased, we shall, by such a mode of calculation, not have underrated the total number of emigrants in the first decennial period. 3
By the Reports of the Registrar-General it appears that the excess of births over deaths in the year ending at the time the Census was taken whereas the actual increase from that cause, taken merely at 1 per cent. on the total population, at each of those periods, should have been— If the account had been added of the year before, it would have fallen still more short of an increase of 1 per cent., but in that, the first year of the operation of the General Registry Act, it is notorious that the registry of births was much less complete than the registry of deaths, which may now be considered perfect. In the three latter years, however, the proportion of registered births to deaths, although it probably approximates to the truth, cannot be taken as a safe basis of calculation.AREA.
HOUSES.
—
1831.
1841.
1831-1841.
Families.
Population.
Number
of
Families
to a
Population
of
100.Number
of
Persons
to each
Family.Families.
Population.
Number
of
Families
to a
Population
of
100.Number
of
Persons
to each
Family.Increase
per Cent.
in
Number
of
Families,
in 1841, as
compared
with 1831.Increase
or
Decrease
in the
Number
of Families
to a
Population
of 100
in 1841, as
compared
with 1831.SCOTLAND
502,301
2,365,114
21.2
4.71
550,428
2,620,184
21
4.76
9.6
Dec.
0.2
GLASGOW
{
City and
Suburbs41,965
202,426
20.7
4.82
274,556
274,556
19.4
5.15
26.8
Dec.
1.3
EDINBURGH
{
City and
Suburbs*
35,116
161,909
21.7
4.6
166,450
166,450
21.7
4.6
2.8
—
ABERDEEN
City†
13,831
58,019
23.8
4.19
64,767
64,767
23.7
4.21
11.2
Dec.
0.1
DUNDEE
{
Burgh &
Parish10,682
45,355
23.6
4.24
62,794
62,794
21.9
4.56
29
Dec.
1.7
PAISLEY
{
Town &
Parish12,308
57,466
21.4
4.67
60,487
60,487
20.4
4.89
0.5
Dec.
1.0
GREENOCK
{
Town &
Parish6,353
27,571
23
4.34
36,936
36,936
20
5.01
16
Dec.
3.0
PERSONS.
COMPARATIVE POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1801-1841.
COUNTIES.
1801.
Increase
per
Cent.1811.
Increase
per
Cent.1821.
Increase
per
Cent.1831.
Increase
per
Cent.1841.
Number
of
Parishes.Number of
Parishes
and Places
of which the
Population
is separately
stated.Area
in English
Statute
Acres.BEDFORD
63,393
11
70,213
19
83,716
14
95,483
13.0
107,936
123
166
297,632
BERKS
109,215
8
118,277
11
131,977
10
145,389
10.8
161,147
151
281
473,920
BUCKINGHAM
107,444
9
117,650
14
134,068
9
146,529
6.4
155,983
207
306
463,880
CAMBRIDGE
89,346
13
101,109
20
121,909
18
143,955
14.2
164,459
165
210
536,313
CHESTER
191,751
18
227,031
19
270,098
24
334,391
18.3
395,660
91
527
649,050
CORNWALL
188,269
15
216,667
19
257,447
17
300,938
13.4
341,279
205
246
854,770
CUMBERLAND
117,230
14
133,744
17
156,124
10
169,681
4.9
178,038
105
340
969,490
DERBY
161,142
15
185,487
15
213,333
11
237,170
14.7
272,217
140
385
663,180
DEVON
343,001
12
383,308
15
439,040
13
494,478
7.8
533,460
465
588
1,636,450
DORSET
115,319
8
124,693
16
144,499
10
159,252
9.9
175,043
275
361
627,220
DURHAM
160,361
11
177,625
17
207,673
22
253,910
27.7
324,284
76
330
679,530
ESSEX
226,437
11
252,473
15
289,424
10
317,507
8.6
344,979
414
446
979,000
GLOUCESTER
250,809
12
285,514
18
335,843
15
387,019
11.4
431,383
338
494
790,470
HEREFORD
89,191
5
94,073
10
103,243
7
111,211
2.4
113,878
223
335
543,800
HERTFORD
97,577
14
111,654
16
129,714
10
143,341
9.6
157,207
134
177
400,350
HUNTINGDON
37,568
12
42,208
15
48,771
9
53,192
10.0
58,549
102
118
242,250
KENT
307,624
21
373,095
14
426,016
12
479,155
14.4
548,337
413
495
972,240
LANCESTER
672,731
23
828,309
27
1,052,859
27
1,336,854
24.7
1,667,054
67
507
1,117,260
LEICESTER
130,081
16
150,419
16
174,571
13
197,003
9.5
215,867
213
382
511,340
LINCOLN
208,557
14
237,891
19
283,058
12
317,465
14.2
362,602
630
913
1,663,850
MIDDLESEX
818,129
17
953,276
20
1,144,531
19
1,358,330
16.0
1,576,636
197
284
179,590
MONMOUTH
45,582
36
62,127
15
71,833
36
98,130
36.9
134,355
123
166
324,310
NORFOLK
273,371
7
291,999
18
344,368
13
390,054
5.7
412,664
748
783
1,292,300
NORTHAMPTON
131,757
7
141,353
15
162,483
10
179,336
11.0
199,228
303
406
646,810
NORTHUMBERLAND
157,101
9
172,161
15
198,965
12
222,912
12.2
250,278
94
609
1,165,430
NOTTINGHAM
140,350
16
162,900
15
186,873
20
225,327
10.9
249,910
212
345
525,800
OXFORD
109,620
9
119,191
15
136,971
11
152,156
6.2
161,643
218
386
467,230
RUTLAND
16,356
16,380
13
18,487
5
19,385
9.9
21,302
51
61
97,500
SALOP
167,639
16
194,298
6
206,153
8
222,938
7.0
239,048
217
774
864,360
SOMERSET
273,750
12
303,180
17
355,314
13
404,200
7.8
435,982
474
756
1,028,090
SOUTHAMPTON (HANTS)
219,656
12
245,080
15.5
283,298
11
314,280
12.9
355,004
318
571
1,018,550
STAFFORD
239,153
21
295,153
17
345,895
19
410,512
24.3
510,504
151
425
736,290
SUFFOLK
210,431
11
234,211
15
270,542
9
296,317
6.3
315,073
509
561
918,760
SURREY
269,043
20
323,851
23
398,658
22
486,334
19.8
582,678
144
193
474,480
SUSSEX
159,311
19
190,083
22
233,019
17
272,340
10.0
299,753
314
389
907,920
WARWICK
208,190
10
228,735
20
274,392
23
336,610
19.3
401,715
201
351
567,930
WESTMORLAND
41,617
10
45,922
12
51,359
7
55,041
2.5
56,454
32
153
485,990
WILTS
185,107
5
193,828
15
222,157
8
240,156
7.7
258,733
303
515
868,060
WORCESTER
139,333
15
160,546
15
184,424
15
211,365
10.4
233,336
173
286
459,710
YORK, EAST RIDING
110,992
16
134,437
14
154,010
10
168,891
15.4
194,936
187
409
711,360
——— CITY AND AINSTY
24,393
12
27,304
12
30,451
17
35,362
8
38,321
48
75
52,440
——— NORTH RIDING
158,225
7
169,391
11
187,452
2
190,756
7.0
204,122
192
603
1,282,870
——— WEST RIDING
565,282
16
655,042
22
801,274
22
976,350
18.2
1,154,101
196
768
1,622,840
TOTAL OF ENGLAND
8,331,434
14.5
9,538,827
17.5
11,261,437
16
13,091,005
14.5
14,995,138
9,942
17,476
31,770,615
ANGLESEY
33,806
10
37,045
21
45,063
7
48,325
5.3
50,891
74
87
173,440
BRECON
31,633
19
37,735
16
43,603
10
47,763
16.4
55,603
68
144
482,560
CARDIGAN
42,956
17
50,260
15
57,784
10
64,780
6.1
68,766
63
133
432,000
CARMARTHEN
67,317
15
77,217
17
90,239
12
100,740
5.5
106,326
76
178
623,360
CARNARVON
41,521
19
49336
17
57,958
15
66,448
22.0
81,093
68
100
348,160
DENBIGH
60,352
6
64,240
19
76,511
8
83,629
6.2
88,866
60
289
405120
FLINT
39,622
17
46,518
15
53,784
11
60,012
11.5
66,919
25
144
156,160
GLAMORGAN
71,525
18
85,067
19
101,737
24
126,612
35.2
171,188
125
217
506880
MERIONETH
27,506
4
30,924
11
34,382
3
35,315
11.3
39,332
34
121
424,320
MONTGOMERY
47,978
8
51,931
15
59,899
9
66,482
4.1
69,219
52
304
536,960
PEMBROKE
56,280
7
60,615
22
74,009
9
81,425
8.1
88,044
141
175
390,400
RADNOR
19,050
9
20,900
7
22,459
9
24,651
2.8
25,356
52
92
272,640
TOTAL OF WALES
541,546
13
611,788
17
717,438
12
806,182
13.0
911,603
838
1,984
4,752,000
Counties
1801.
Increase
per
Cent.1811.
Increase
per
Cent.1821.
Increase
per
Cent.1831.
Increase
or Decrease
per Cent.1841.
Number
of
Parishes.Number of
Parishes
and Places
of which the
Population
is separately
stated.Area
in English
Statute
Acres.In-
crease.De-
crease.ABERDEEN
123,082
10
135,075
15
155,387
14
177,657
8.3
—
192,387
87
155
1,254,400
ARGYLL
71859
19
85,585
14
97,316
4
100,973
—
3.7
97,371
50
81
2002560
AYR
84,306
23
103,954
22
127,299
14
145,055
13.3
—
164,356
48
87
664,960
BANFF
35,807
2
36,668
19
43,561
12
48,604
2.2
—
49,679
22
57
412800
BERWICK
30,621
1
30,779
8
33,385
2
34,048
1.1
—
34,438
32
50
282,880
BUTE
11791
2
12,033
15
13,797
3
14,151
11.2
—
15,740
6
18
103,040
CAITHNESS
22,609
4
23,419
29
30,238
14
34,529
5.2
—
36,343
10
33
439,680
CLACKMANNAN
10858
11
12,010
10
13,263
11
14,729
30.0
—
19,155
4
21
30,720
DUMBARTON
20710
17
24,189
13
27,317
22
33,211
33.4
—
44,296
12
49
145,920
DUMFRIES
54,597
15
62,960
13
70,878
4
73,770
—
1.3
72,830
45
111
801,920
EDINBURGH
122,954
21
148,607
29
191,514
15
219,345
2.8
—
225,454
45
165
226,560
ELGIN (MORAY)
26,705
5
28,108
11
31,162
10
34,231
2.3
—
35,012
20
56
302,720
FIFE
93,743
8
101,272
13
114,556
12
128,839
8.8
—
140,140
63
229
298,880
FORFAR
99,127
8
107,264
6
113,430
23
139,606
22.1
—
170,520
55
173
568,320
HADDINGTON
29,986
4
31,164
13
35,127
3
36,145
—
0.7
35,886
24
73
174,080
INVERNESS
74,292
5
78,336
15
90,157
5
94,797
3.2
—
97,799
32
114
2,594,560
KINCARDINE
26,349
4
27,439
6
29,118
8
31,431
5.2
—
33,075
19
47
243,200
KINROSS
6,725
8
7,245
7
7,762
17
9,072
—
3.5
8,763
4
17
46,080
KIRKCUDBRIGHT
29,211
15
33,684
15
38,903
4
40,590
1.3
—
41,119
27
76
525,760
LANARK
146,699
31
191,752
27
244,387
30
316,819
34.8
—
426,972
50
236
602,880
LINLITHGOW
17,844
9
19,451
17
22,685
3
23,291
15.4
—
26,872
13
45
76,800
NAIRN
8,257
—
8,251
9
9,006
4
9,354
—
1.5
9,217
4
15
124,800
ORKNEY and SHETLAND
46,824
—
46,153
15
53,124
10
58,239
4.8
—
61,065
39
97
819,200
PEEBLES
8,735
14
9,935
1
10,046
5
10578
—
0.7
10,499
16
24
204,160
PERTH
126,366
7
135,093
3
139,050
3
142,894
—
4.0
137,390
76
274
1,656,320
RENFREW
78,056
19
92,596
21
112,175
19
133,443
16.2
—
155,072
21
99
144,000
ROSS and CROMARTY
55,313
10
60,853
13
68,828
9
74,820
5.2
—
78,685
33
93
1,846,400
ROXBURGH
33,682
11
37,230
10
40,892
7
43,663
5.4
—
46,025
32
90
457,600
SELKIRK
5,070
16
5,889
13
6,637
2
6,833
16.9
—
7,990
5
15
168,320
STIRLING
50,825
14
58,174
12
65,376
11
72,621
13.0
—
82,057
26
94
312,960
SUTHERLAND
23,117
2
23,629
—
23,840
7
25,518
—
3.0
24,782
13
37
1,122,560
WIGTOWN
22,918
17
26,891
23
33,240
9
36,258
8.1
—
39,195
17
44
288,960
TOTAL OF SCOTLAND
1,599,068
14
1,805,688
16
2,093,456
13
2,365,114
10.7
—
2,620,184
950
2,775
18,944,000
COUNTIES.
1801.
Increase
per
Cent.1811.
Increase
per
Cent.1821.
Increase
per
Cent.1831.
Increase
per
Cent.1841.
Number
of
Parishes.Number of
Parishes
and Places
of which the
Population
is separately
stated.Area
in English
Statute
Acres.ENGLAND
8,331,434
14.5
9,538,827
17
11,261,437
16
13,091,005
14.5
14,995,138
9,942
17,476
31,770,615
WALES
541,546
13
611,788
17
717,438
12
806,182
13.0
911,603
838
1,984
4,732,000
SCOTLAND
1,599,068
14
1,805,688
16
2,093,456
13
2,365,114
10.7
2,620,184
950
2,775
18,944,000
Army, Navy,and Regis-
tered Seamen, &c.
afloat 470,598
—
640,500
—
319,300
—
277,017
—
188,453
—
—
—
Persons ascertained to
have been traveling
on the night of the
6th of June 1841}
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5,016
—
—
—
ISLANDS IN THE BRI-
TISH SEAS —
—
—
—
89,508
158
103,710
39252.0
124,040
39
68
TOTAL
10,942,646
15.1
12,596,803
14.2*
14,481,139
14.9
16,643,028
13.2
18,844,434
11,769
22,303
Name of Place.
1801.
Increase
or
Decrease
per Cent.1811.
Increase
or
Decrease
per Cent.1821.
Increase
or
Decrease
per Cent.1831.
Increase
or
Decrease
per Cent.1841.
Same Limits
as in
1801-1831.Present
Limits.The Metropolis
864,845
16.7
1,009,546
21.4
1,225,694
20.1
1,471,941
14.8
1,690,084
1,873,676
Manchester, Salford, and Suburbs
90,399
22.0
110,244
40.4
154,807
47.2
227,808
30.0
296,183
296,183
Liverpool, with Toxteth Park
79,722
25.7
100,240
31.5
131,801
43.6
189,242
39.6
264,298
286,487
Birmingham and Suburbs
73,670
16.4
85,753
24.5
106,722
37.7
146,986
29.6
190,542
182,922
Leeds
Borough
53,162
17.6
62,534
34.0
83,796
47.2
123,393
23.1
151,874
152,054
Bristol, with Barton Regis
63,645
20.1
76,433
14.8
87,779
18.3
103,886
17.7
122,296
122,296
Plymouth, Devonport, and
StonehouseBoroughs
43,194
29.8
56,060
9.2
61,212
23.4
75,534
6.0
80,059
80,059
Sheffield
Town
31,314
14.5
35,840
17.6
42,157
40.0
59,011
15.5
68,186
68,186
Rochdale (part of)
Parish
29,092
28.0
37,229
26.5
47,109
24.1
58,441
16.2
67,889
67,889
Norwich
City
36,832
1.2
37,256
35.0
50,288
21.5
61,116
2.0
62,344
62,344
Nottingham
Town
28,861
18.7
34,253
18.0
40,415
25.4
50,680
4.8
53,091
53,091
Portsmouth (including
Southsea)Borough
33,226
22.1
40,567
12.5
45,648
10.4
50,389
5.2
53,032
53,032
Preston
Borough
11,887
43.6
17,065
44.0
24,575
34.7
33,112
51.4
50,131
50,131
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Borough
28,366
-2.8
27,587
27.5
35,181
21.5
42,760
16.6
49,860
49,860
Leicester
Borough
16,953
36.5
23,146
30.1
30,125
34.5
40,512
25.2
50,733
48,167
Brighton
Parish
7,339
63.7
12,012
103.4
24,429
66.3
40,634
14.8
46,661
46,661
Stoke-upon-Trent
Parish
16,414
37.0
22,495
29.9
29,223
27.4
37,220
24.5
46,342
46,343
Ashton-under-Lvne
Parish
15,632
21.9
19,052
36.3
25,967
29.4
33,597
37.8
46,304
46,304
Oldham
Township
12,024
38.8
16,690
29.7
21,662
49.5
32,381
31.5
42,595
42,595
Hull
Town
22,161
9.6
24,299
17.6
28,591
15.3
32,958
26.3
41,629
41,629
Bath
City
27,686
13.8
31,496
16.8
36,811
4.0
38,063
0.7
38,314
33,304
Blackburn
Township
11,980
25.9
15,083
45.4
21,940
23.5
27,091
35.2
36,629
36,629
Wolverhampton
Township
12,565
17.9
14,830
23.8
18,380
34.6
24,732
47.1
36,382
36,382
Merthyr Tydfil
Parish
7,705
44.1
11,104
56.7
17,404
26.9
22,083
50.8
34,977
34,977
Bradford (York)
Township
6,393
21.5
7,767
68.3
13,064
77.8
23,223
48.8
34,560
34,560
Bolton, Great
Township
12,549
36.0
17,070
29.0
22,037
28.4
28,299
18.8
33,610
33,610
Bolton, LittIe
Chapelry
4,867
47.5
7,079
30.8
9,258
39.3
12,896
25.3
16,153
16,153
Chatham & Rochester
Town and City
17,322
25.4
21,722
10.8
24,063
9.6
26,376
25.7
33,174
33,174
Derby
Borough
10,832
20.4
13,043
33.6
17,423
35.6
23,627
38.6
32,741
32,741
Cheltenham
Borough
3,076
170.6
8,325
60.9
13,396
71.2
22,942
36.9
31,411
31,411
Exeter
City & County
17,398
8.6
18,896
24.3
23,479
20.3
28,242
10.9
31,312
31,312
Dudley
Parish
10,107
37.8
13,925
30.8
18,211
26.5
23,043
35.5
31,232
31,232
Coventry
City
16,034
11.8
17,923
18.5
21,242
27.4
27,070
13.6
30,743
30,743
York
City
16,145
12.8
18,217
14.1
20,787
26.2
26,260
5.9
27,818
28,842
Stockport
Township
14,830
18.3
17,545
23.8
21,726
17.2
25,469
11.6
28,431
28,431
Southampton
County of
the Town7,913
21.5
9,617
38.9
13,353
44.7
19,324
43.6
27,744
27,744
West Bromwich
Parish
5,687
31.6
7,485
27.0
9,505
61.3
15,327
70.4
26,121
26,121
Woolwich
Town & Parish
9,826
73.6
17,054
-0.3
17,008
3.8
17,661
46.0
25,785
25,785
Wigan
Boro' & Township
10,989
27.0
14,060
26.0
17,716
17.3
20,774
22.8
25,517
25,517
Worcester
City
11,352
25.3
14,233
19.2
16,965
5.0
17,811
9.3
19,473
25,401
Ipswich
Borough
11,336
22.8
13,918
25.6
17,475
17.5
20,528
23.1
25,264
25,384
Huddersfield
Boro. & Township
7,268
33.1
9,671
37.4
13,284
43.3
19,035
31.7
25,068
25,068
Cambridge
Borough
10,087
10.1
11,108
27.3
14,142
47.9
20,917
16.9
24,453
24,453
Bishop.s Wearrnouth
Township
6,126
15.2
7,060
34.2
9,477
52.6
14,462
67.4
24,206
24,206
Macclesfield
Township
8,743
40.7
12,299
44.3
17,746
30.3
23,129
4.4
24,137
24,137
Yarmouth
Borough
14,845
21.1
17,977
0.4
18,040
17.1
21,115
14.1
24,086
24,086
Oxford
City
11,694
10.5
12,931
26.5
16,364
26.2
20,649
15.4
23,834
23,834
Deptford
Town
17,548
13.0
19,833
0.1
19,862
-0.3
19,795
17.0
23,165
23,165
Chester
City
15,052
7.2
16,140
23.6
19,949
6.9
21,344
8.3
23,115
23,115
Carlisle
City
10,221
22.6
12,531
23.5
15,476
29.9
20,006
15.0
23,012
23,012
Dukinfield
Township
1,737
75.8
3,053
66.9
5,096
188.1
14,681
52.5
22,394
22,394
Northampton
Borough
7,020
20.0
8,427
28.1
10,793
42.2
15,351
38.4
21,242
21,242
Walsall
Boro'& Parish
10,399
7.6
11,189
6.5
11,914
26.5
15,066
38.4
20,852
20,852
Bury
Township
7,072
23.9
8,762
20.8
10,583
42.6
15,086
37.3
20,710
20,710
Bilston
Township and Chapelry
6,914
39.5
9,646
24.4
12,003
20.7
14,492
39.3
20,181
20,181
Ecclesall Bierlow
Township
5,362
22.5
6,569
38.7
9,113
56.9
14,279
40.0
19,984
19,984
Halifax
Township
8,896
3.1
9,159
37.9
12,628
21.8
15,382
29.9
19,881
19,881
Gateshead
Township
8,597
2.2
8,782
34.0
11,767
29.0
15,177
28.5
19,505
19,595
Warrington
Township
10,567
11.8
11,738
15.6
13,570
18.0
16,018
18.4
18,981
18,981
Reading
Borough
9,742
10.7
10,788
19.3
12,867
21.2
15,595
21.4
18,937
18,937
Shrewsbury
Borough
14,739
12.7
16,606
23.1
19,602
8.6
21,297
-1.8
20,921
18,285
Maidstone
Borough
8,027
17.6
9,443
32.5
12,508
23.0
15,387
17.5
18,086
18,086
Colchester
Borough and Liberties
11,520
8.9
12,544
11.7
14,016
15.3
16,167
10.0
17,790
17,790
Sunderland
Town and Parish
12,412
-1.0
12,289
19.8
14,725
15.9
17,060
-0.2
17,022
17,022
Saddleworth
Chapelry
10,665
17.9
12,579
10.5
13,902
15.0
15,986
5.3
16,829
16,829
Swansea
Borough
6,099
31.2
8,005
25.0
10,007
32.4
13,256
26.6
16,787
16,787
Lincoln
City
8,676
17.8
10,217
15.3
11,776
12.1
13,203
22.5
16,172
16,172
King.s Lynn
Borough
10,096
1.6
10,259
19.4
12,253
9.1
13,370
20.0
16,039
16,039
Canterbury
City
9,000
13.3
10,200
25.3
12,779
7.0
13,679
12.8
15,435
15,435
Wakefield
Township
8,131
5.7
8,593
25.3
10,764
13.6
12,232
20.6
14,754
14,754
Heaton Norris
Township
3,768
38.9
5,232
33.0
6,958
61.5
11,238
30.2
14,629
14,620
Kidderminster
Borough
6,110
31.6
8,038
33.2
10,709
39.9
14,981
-4.0
14,399
14,399
Gloucester
City and County
7,579
9.3
8,280
17.7
9,744
22.5
11,933
18.6
14,152
14,152
Durham
City
7,530
5.6
7,953
23.5
9,822
3.2
10,135
39.6
14,151
14,151
Edinburgh City (including North and
South Leith)82,560
24.7
102,987
34.2
138,235
17.1
161,909
2.8
166,450
138,182
Glasgow City and Suburbs
77,385
30.1
100,749
45.9
147,043
37.7
202,426
35.6
274,533
274,533
Parsley Town and Parish
31,179
17.8
36,722
28.0
47,003
22.3
57,466
5.3
60,487
60,487
Aberdeen City
27,608
28.6
35,370
26.6
44,796
29.5
58,019
11.6
64,767
63,288
Dundee Burgh and Parish
26,084
13.5
29,616
3.0
30,575
48.0
45,355
38.5
62,794
62,794
Greenock Town and Parish
17,458
9.1
19,042
16.0
22,088
24.8
27,571
34.0
36,936
36,936
—
1831.
1841.
1831-41.
Inhabited
HousesPopulation
Number
of
Inhabited
Houses to a
Population
of 100Number
of
Persons
to each
Inhabited
HouseInhabited
HousesPopulation
Number
of
Inhabited
Houses to a
Population
of 100Number
of
Persons
to each
Inhabited
HouseIncrease
per Cent
in
Number
of
Houses,
1831-41Increase
or
Decrease
in the
Number
of
Inhabited
Houses to a
Population
of 100,
1831-41ENGLAND AND WALES
2,481,544
13,897,187
17.8
5.6
2,943,939
15,911,757
18.5
5.4
18.6
Inc.
0.7
METROPOLIS
196,666
1,471,941
13.3
7.4
{
250,908a
1,873,676
13.3
7.4
—
—
222,383b
1,690,084
13.1
7.5
13.0
Dec.
0.2
LANCASHIRE
228,130
1,336,854
17
5.8
289,184
1,667,054
17.3
5.7
26.7
Inc.
0.3
YORKSHIRE
267,685
1,371,359
19.5
5.1
316,096
1,591,480
19.8
5
18
Inc.
0.3
MIDDLESEX
180,493
1,358,330
13.2
7.5
207,629
1,576,636
13.1
7.5
15
Dec.
0.1
MANCHESTER c
30,897
187,022
16.5
6
42,059
242,983
17.3
5.7
36.1
Inc.
0.8
LIVERPOOL d>
25,732
165,175
15.5
6.4
32,079
223,003
14.3
6.9
24.6
Dec.
1.2
LEEDS
25,456
123,393
20.6
4.8
31,626
152,054
20.7
4.8
24.2
Inc.
0.1
a
Metropolis within the extended limits
b
Metropolis, according to the limits returned in 1831.
c
Parliamentary Borough
d
Parish only.
1801.
1811.
1821.
1831.
1841.
Inhabited
HousesPersons
Number
of
Persons
to each
In-
habited
HouseInhabited
HousesPersons
Number
of
Persons
to each
In-
habited
HouseInhabited
HousesPersons
Number
of
Persons
to each
In-
habited
HouseInhabited
HousesPersons
Number
of
Persons
to each
In-
habited
HouseInhabited
HousesPersons
Number
of
Persons
to each
In-
habited
House1,575,923
8,872,980
5.6
1,797,504
10,150,615
5.6
2,088,156
11,978,875
5.7
2,481,544
13,897,187
5.6
2,943,939
15,911,757
5.4
In the 7 years from 1825 to 1831
103,218
In the 10 years from 1832 to 1841
429,775."
In 1841, was 148,921
In the similar period ending 1840, 151,488
In the similar period ending 1839, 149,533;In
1841
156,978
1840
154,864
1839
152,786