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1921 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 91 : " Movements relating to Boroughs and Urban Districts within Greater London".
Area.* | Night Population Census 1921 | Expressed as a percentage of Night Population. | Day Population. | |||
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Population living in but working out of the area. | Population living out of but working in the area. | Net outward movement (- = inward) during the day. | ||||
City | 13,709 | 13.6 | 3099.3 | -3085.7 | 436,721 | |
Inner Boroughs | ||||||
Bermondsey | 119,452 | 16.2 | 31.7 | -15.7 | 138,213 | |
Bethnal Green | 117,238 | 27.6 | 12.6 | 150.0 | 99,638 | |
Finsbury | 75,995 | 24.7 | 110.7 | -86.0 | 141,329 | |
Holborn | 43,192 | 31.6 | 167.1 | -135.5 | 101,705 | |
Shoreditch | 104,248 | 25.5 | 35.8 | -10.3 | 114,951 | |
Southwark | 184,404 | 27.9 | 23.1 | 4.8 | 175,510 | |
Stepney | 249,657 | 14.8 | 20.9 | -6.1 | 264,789 | |
Westminster | 141,578 | 13.4 | 186.0 | -172.6 | 385,984 | |
Outer Boroughs | ||||||
Battersea | 167,739 | 26.4 | 10.3 | 16.1 | 140,770 | |
Camberwell | 267,198 | 26.8 | 6.7 | 20.1 | 213,613 | |
Chelsea | 63,697 | 21.2 | 28.0 | -6.8 | 68,008 | |
Deptford | 112,534 | 27.2 | 10.6 | 16.6 | 93,859 | |
Fulham | 157,938 | 27.7 | 8.0 | 19.7 | 126,832 | |
Greenwich | 100,450 | 19.3 | 16.9 | 2.4 | 98,006 | |
Hackney | 222,142 | 25.7 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 192,852 | |
Hammersmith | 130,295 | 24.7 | 23.1 | 1.6 | 128,257 | |
Hampstead | 86,153 | 23.9 | 14.4 | 9.5 | 77,931 | |
Islington | 330,737 | 27.6 | 10.1 | 17.5 | 272,917 | |
Kensington | 175,859 | 19.1 | 24.2 | -5.1 | 184,809 | |
Lambeth | 302,868 | 28.1 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 260,013 | |
Lewisham | 174,194 | 25.2 | 4.7 | 20.5 | 138,572 | |
Paddington | 144,261 | 25.6 | 17.2 | 8.4 | 132,128 | |
Poplar | 162,578 | 15.7 | 19.7 | -4.0 | 169,016 | |
St. Marylebone | 104,173 | 19.0 | 68.4 | -49.4 | 155,673 | |
St. Pancras | 211,366 | 24.2 | 27.5 | -3.3 | 218,514 | |
Stoke Newington | 52,172 | 34.0 | 9.7 | 24.3 | 39,503 | |
Wandsworth | 328,307 | 25.2 | 7.7 | 17.5 | 270,936 | |
Woolwich | 140,389 | 11.7 | 17.1 | -5.4 | 147,960 | |
Urban Areas in the Outer Ring with Night Population in Excess of 20,000. | ||||||
In Essex | ||||||
Barking Town U.D. | 35,523 | 24.2 | 5.7 | 18.5 | 28,959 | |
East Ham C.B. | 143,246 | 29.0 | 5.3 | 23.7 | 109,254 | |
Ilford U.D | 85,194 | 25.5 | 8.4 | 17.1 | 70,597 | |
Leyton U.D | 128,430 | 29.8 | 4.5 | 25.3 | 95,989 | |
Walthamstow U.D. | 129,395 | 26.0 | 4.1 | 21.9 | 100,993 | |
West Ham C.B. | 300,860 | 16.7 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 285,748 | |
Woodford U.D. | 21,236 | 23.2 | 6.0 | 17.2 | 17,589 | |
In Kent | ||||||
Beckenham U.D | 33,345 | 25.2 | 5.6 | 19.6 | 26,798 | |
Bexley U.D | 21,457 | 23.0 | 5.2 | 17.8 | 17,632 | |
Bromley M.B | 35,052 | 16.1 | 4.2 | 11.9 | 30,898 | |
Erith U.D | 31,558 | 9.3 | 15.7 | -6.4 | 33,565 | |
Penge U.D | 26,284 | 24.3 | 6.9 | 17.4 | 21,704 | |
In Middlesex | ||||||
Acton U.D | 61,299 | 21.8 | 24.5 | -2.7 | 62,980 | |
Chiswick U.D | 40,938 | 25.2 | 14.8 | 10.4 | 36,665 | |
Ealing M.B | 67,755 | 24.5 | 7.0 | 17.5 | 55,881 | |
Edmonton U.D | 66,807 | 27.0 | 6.5 | 20.5 | 53,104 | |
Enfield U.D | 60,738 | 15.0 | 9.9 | 5.1 | 57,670 | |
Finchley U.D | 46,716 | 22.0 | 5.6 | 16.4 | 39,035 | |
Hanwell U.D | 20,481 | 28.2 | 4.7 | 23.5 | 15,677 | |
Hendon U.D | 56,013 | 21.1 | 14.6 | 6.5 | 52,388 | |
Heston and Isleworth U.D | 46,664 | 17.8 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 41,378 | |
Hornsey M.B | 87,659 | 31.4 | 6.6 | 24.8 | 65,956 | |
Southall Norwood U.D | 30,287 | 17.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 27,252 | |
Southgate U.D | 39,122 | 27.7 | 7.6 | 20.1 | 31,266 | |
Teddington U.D | 21,213 | 22.6 | 5.9 | 16.7 | 17,679 | |
Tottenham U.D | 146,711 | 26.5 | 6.8 | 19.7 | 117,833 | |
Twickenham U.D | 34,790 | 22.1 | 6.4 | 15.7 | 29,341 | |
Wfflesden U.D | 165,674 | 26.1 | 9.2 | 16.9 | 137,635 | |
Wood Green U.D | 50,707 | 30.1 | 10.2 | 19.9 | 40,635 | |
In Surrey | ||||||
Barnes U.D | 34,299 | 23.4 | 7.9 | 15.5 | 28,999 | |
Coulsdon and Purley U.D. | 21,491 | 16.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 19,701 | |
Croydon C.B | 190,684 | 17.6 | 3.7 | 13.9 | 164,208 | |
Kingston-on-Thames M.B. | 39,479 | 16.8 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 36,843 | |
Mitcham U.D | 35,119 | 23.8 | 9.0 | 14.7 | 29,957 | |
Richmond M.B | 35,639 | 18.2 | 20.2 | -2.0 | 36,360 | |
Sutton U.D | 21,063 | 18.4 | 7.9 | 10.5 | 18,846 | |
Wimbledon M.B | 61,418 | 21.6 | 7.8 | 13.8 | 52,927 |