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]
Dorchester RD Total	69,086	8,776	8,965	4,383	4,582	-	2,063	-	2,054	10,749	-
Alton Pancras AP/CP	2,280	148	140	68	72	-	34	-	34	188	-
Buckland Newton AP/CP	6,250	685	659	313	346	-	173	-	172	925	-
Cattistock AP/CP	3,073	434	493	250	243	-	123	-	123	678	-
Cerne Abbas AP/CP	3,149	511	448	225	223	-	132	-	128	706	-
Cheselbourne AP/CP	3,031	179	173	86	87	-	42	-	41	214	-
Frome St Quintin AP/CP	1,032	140	110	56	54	-	34	-	34	169	-
Godmanstone CP/AP	1,172	111	95	47	48	-	24	-	24	136	-
Melcombe Horsey AP/CP	2,157	137	119	59	60	-	36	-	36	170	-
Minterne Magna AP/CP	2,206	203	251	119	132	-	66	-	63	354	-
Nether Cerne AP/CP	850	56	45	25	20	-	12	-	12	62	-
Piddletrenthide AP/CP	4,497	504	475	238	237	-	143	-	142	717	-
Sydling St Nicholas AP/CP	5,130	346	341	189	152	-	92	-	92	520	-
Up Cerne AP/CP	1,123	69	57	21	36	-	14	-	13	97	-
Athelhampton CP/AP	477	47	75	34	41	-	17	-	17	112	-
Bradford Peverell CP/AP	2,932	297	308	164	144	-	82	-	82	419	-
Broadmayne AP/CP	997	343	375	193	182	-	105	-	103	475	-
Burleston AP/CP	366	43	47	21	26	-	11	-	11	53	-
Charminster CP/AP	4,381	1,762	1,866	797	1,069	-	190	-	190	988	-
Chilfrome AP/CP	971	77	75	36	39	-	18	-	18	99	-
West Compton AP/CP	857	44	38	23	15	-	9	-	9	42	-
Compton Valence CP/AP	1,322	82	75	37	38	-	18	-	18	92	-
Dewlish CP/AP	2,134	251	295	152	143	-	77	-	77	401	-
Frampton AP/CP	3,295	269	306	153	153	-	77	-	77	414	-
Frome Vauchurch CP/AP	488	114	141	80	61	-	39	-	39	182	-
Kingston Russell Hmlt/Tg/CP	1,166	51	73	39	34	-	15	-	15	83	-
Littlebredy CP/AP	1,613	136	158	80	78	-	40	-	40	226	-
Long Bredy AP/CP	3,466	247	195	97	98	-	57	-	57	320	-
Maiden Newton CP/AP	2,893	597	557	276	281	-	164	-	161	782	-
Piddlehinton AP/CP	2,921	268	260	136	124	-	75	-	75	370	-
Puddletown AP/CP	7,186	761	792	390	402	-	207	-	206	1,134	-
Stinsford AP/CP	3,338	374	358	185	173	-	91	-	90	565	-
Stratton Ch/CP	1,716	314	291	151	140	-	88	-	88	392	-
Tincleton AP/CP	900	151	143	71	72	-	37	-	37	207	-
Toller Fratrum AP/CP	506	60	34	16	18	-	8	-	8	49	-
Toller Porcorum CP/AP	3,173	267	296	148	148	-	72	-	72	395	-
Tolpuddle CP/AP	2,053	236	223	99	124	-	62	-	62	314	-
Warmwell CP/AP	1,698	138	146	83	63	-	37	-	37	198	-
Watercombe ExP/CP	435	57	41	21	20	-	10	-	10	55	-
West Knighton AP/CP	2,225	305	273	124	149	-	69	-	69	364	-
West Stafford AP/CP	1,015	185	156	76	80	-	47	-	47	276	-
Whitcombe CP/AP	745	39	37	21	16	-	9	-	9	39	-
Winterbourne Abbas AP/CP	1,514	175	164	87	77	-	46	-	46	240	-
Winterborne Came CP/AP	1,544	101	109	53	56	-	27	-	26	143	-
Winterborne Herringston Hmlt/CP	587	62	51	23	28	-	12	-	12	93	-
Winterborne Monkton CP/AP	1,246	101	105	52	53	-	28	-	27	155	-
Winterborne St Martin AP/CP	3,546	422	516	260	256	-	124	-	124	607	-
Winterborne Steepleton CP/AP	1,831	114	123	66	57	-	32	-	32	154	-
Woodsford AP/CP	1,761	154	131	74	57	-	32	-	32	160	-
Wynford Eagle Ch/CP	1,788	132	132	65	67	-	31	-	31	151	-
Abbotsbury CP/AP	4,270	627	552	276	276	-	163	-	162	711	-
Bincombe AP/CP	982	144	147	75	72	-	39	-	39	166	-
Chickerell CP/AP	1,580	1,016	1,192	574	618	-	323	-	322	1,485	-
Fleet AP/CP	966	117	112	50	62	-	28	-	28	169	-
Langton Herring AP/CP	974	140	169	87	82	-	41	-	41	203	-
Osmington AP/CP	2,208	351	341	161	180	-	100	-	99	524	-
Owermoigne AP/CP	4,044	298	399	193	206	-	111	-	110	538	-
Portesham AP/CP	4,511	497	518	267	251	-	143	-	142	653	-
Poxwell CP/AP	834	77	60	33	27	-	17	-	17	72	-

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