Vision of Britain | 1931 Census: County Report Part I

1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I (Sample Report Title: Census 1931: England and Wales: Series of County Parts, Part I. County of Worcestershire), Table 3 : " Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Acreage (Land and Inland Water) [1]	TOTAL POPULATION					PRIVATE FAMILIES AND DWELLINGS, 1931
		1921	1931				Private Families [7]	Population in Private Families [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings occupied [9]	Rooms occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]
		Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons per Acre [6]	Private Families [7]	Population in Private Families [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings occupied [9]	Rooms occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]
Chard RD Total	55,236	12,615	12,005	5,768	6,237	-	3,385	-	3,366	16,797	-
Ilminster AP/CP	531	2,367	2,232	1,019	1,213	-	636	-	633	3,206	-
Ashill CP/AP	2,740	423	419	207	212	-	110	-	110	654	-
Broadway CP/AP	2,057	307	316	159	157	-	91	-	91	448	-
Buckland St Mary CP/AP	3,654	469	456	217	239	-	127	-	127	652	-
Chaffcombe CP/AP	1,016	230	210	108	102	-	54	-	54	326	-
Chard AP/CP	5,274	2,270	2,187	1,080	1,107	-	618	-	616	3,041	-
Chillington CP/Ch	925	182	161	84	77	-	49	-	49	210	-
Combe St Nicholas AP/CP	4,343	929	763	361	402	-	239	-	238	1,194	-
Cricket Malherbie AP/CP	461	34	42	20	22	-	8	-	8	68	-
Cricket St Thomas CP/AP	722	68	89	44	45	-	24	-	24	126	-
Cudworth AP/CP	1,125	87	74	36	38	-	20	-	20	99	-
Dinnington Ch/CP	584	97	105	48	57	-	24	-	24	122	-
Donyatt AP/CP	1,241	264	267	138	129	-	71	-	71	327	-
Dowlish Wake CP/AP	626	176	187	85	102	-	53	-	53	266	-
Hinton St George AP/CP	1,572	433	403	185	218	-	127	-	125	619	-
Ilminster Without CP	3,548	824	803	358	445	-	200	-	200	1,027	-
Ilton AP/CP	1,668	296	308	155	153	-	86	-	86	384	-
Kingstone AP/CP	930	162	130	71	59	-	31	-	31	181	-
Knowle St Giles CP/Ch	765	87	81	43	38	-	22	-	22	143	-
Lopen Ch/CP	502	201	219	101	118	-	63	-	63	313	-
Merriott CP/AP	1,750	1,172	1,116	498	618	-	350	-	342	1,498	-
Misterton AP/CP	1,361	567	522	231	291	-	151	-	150	723	-
Seavington St Mary AP/CP	1,106	242	219	108	111	-	61	-	61	314	-
Seavington St Michael CP/AP	286	122	122	54	68	-	35	-	35	181	-
Shepton Beauchamp AP/CP	841	621	578	263	315	-	162	-	161	701	-
Stocklinch CP	518	126	123	54	69	-	38	-	36	183	-
Wambrook Ch/CP/AP	1,867	206	174	89	85	-	50	-	50	266	-
Wayford CP/AP	1,955	308	285	147	138	-	76	-	76	388	-
West Crewkerne CP	4,806	711	620	306	314	-	169	-	168	837	-
West Dowlish AP/CP	586	42	52	27	25	-	11	-	11	69	-
Whitelackington CP/AP	1,183	148	143	71	72	-	37	-	37	203	-
Whitestaunton AP/CP	1,918	121	169	83	86	-	41	-	41	227	-
Winsham AP/CP	3,306	690	662	337	325	-	187	-	186	1,007	-

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Chard RD:

Rate	Date
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1931
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1931

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	The figures for Wards are printed in old face type (e.g. 607) and those for Civil Parishes, where different from Wards, in modern face type (e.g. 607).
2	DEFINITIONS: PRIVATE FAMILY. -- Any person or group of persons included in a separate return as being in separate occupation of any premises or part of premises is treated as a separate family for Census purposes, lodgers being so treated when returned as boarding separately and not otherwise. Private families comprise all such families with the exception of those enumerated in (i) Institutions or (ii) business establishments or boarding houses in which the number of resident trade assistants or resident boarders exceeds the number of members of the employer's or householders family (including private domestic servants).
3	DEFINITIONS: STRUCTURALLY SEPARATE DWELLINGS. -- A structurally separate dwelling has been defined for the Census as any room or set of rooms, intended or used for habitation, having separate access either to the street or to a common landing or staircase. Thus each flat in a block of flats is a separate unit; a private house which has not been structurally subdivided is similarly a single unit whether occupied by one family or by several families. But where a private house has been subdivided into maisonettes or portions, each having its front door opening on to the street or on to a common landing or staircase to which visitors have access, then each such portion is treated as a separate unit.
4	DEFINITIONS: ROOMS. -- For the purposes of the Census, the rooms enumerated are the usual living rooms, including bedrooms and kitchens but excluding sculleries, landings, lobbies, closets, bathrooms, or any warehouse, office, or shop rooms.
5	Areas marked (*) have been created or altered during the 1921-1931 intercensal period; for particulars of such creations or alterations (except those relating to Wards), see Table 4.

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