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]
Bedford RD Total	98,451	20,238	21,130	10,462	10,668	-	5,930	-	5,871	29,714	-
Kempston CP/AP	1,255	5,218	5,390	2,740	2,650	-	1,303	-	1,236	6,570	-
Biddenham CP/AP	1,586	460	568	242	326	-	167	-	165	1,053	-
Bletsoe CP/AP	2,250	249	219	116	103	-	67	-	67	320	-
Bolnhurst AP/CP	2,333	182	162	77	85	-	45	-	45	244	-
Bromham CP/AP	1,827	328	442	212	230	-	127	-	124	619	-
Cardington CP/AP	2,523	377	346	155	191	-	106	-	105	501	-
Carlton AP/CP	1,530	338	340	167	173	-	106	-	106	512	-
Chellington CP/AP	549	118	78	36	42	-	31	-	31	146	-
Clapham Ch/AP/CP	1,995	704	840	401	439	-	242	-	241	1,261	-
Colmworth CP/AP	2,323	250	265	140	125	-	67	-	67	343	-
Cople CP/AP	2,132	403	405	210	195	-	115	-	115	547	-
Eastcotts CP/Tn	2,816	2,065	1,660	822	838	-	441	-	427	1,979	-
Elstow AP/CP	1,617	412	513	250	263	-	142	-	141	737	-
Felmersham CP/AP	1,991	340	381	192	189	-	105	-	105	519	-
Goldington CP/AP	2,588	1,097	1,440	664	776	-	412	-	406	2,197	-
Great Barford AP/CP	2,868	760	775	400	375	-	204	-	203	995	-
Harrold AP/CP	3,242	834	924	460	464	-	276	-	274	1,393	-
Kempston Rural CP	3,770	656	730	387	343	-	178	-	175	962	-
Keysoe AP/CP	3,699	450	432	215	217	-	125	-	125	600	-
Knotting CP/AP/Ch	1,739	118	114	60	54	-	33	-	33	159	-
Melchbourne CP/AP	2,638	164	160	84	76	-	43	-	42	253	-
Milton Ernest AP/CP	1,599	340	340	169	171	-	99	-	99	515	-
Oakley CP/AP	1,786	337	508	252	256	-	153	-	152	761	-
Odell AP/CP	2,902	223	226	109	117	-	64	-	64	278	-
Pavenham Ch/CP	1,370	343	344	169	175	-	102	-	102	508	-
Podington AP/CP	3,516	478	425	213	212	-	124	-	118	619	-
Ravensden AP/CP	2,290	329	326	146	180	-	93	-	93	522	-
Renhold AP/CP	2,211	387	444	219	225	-	122	-	122	653	-
Riseley AP/CP	3,103	600	528	262	266	-	168	-	168	798	-
Roxton CP/AP	2,941	440	449	229	220	-	128	-	128	666	-
Sharnbrook CP/AP	2,418	772	718	327	391	-	209	-	208	1,148	-
Souldrop AP/CP	1,076	162	161	85	76	-	48	-	48	237	-
Stagsden AP/CP	3,419	388	455	235	220	-	133	-	133	693	-
Stevington AP/CP	1,821	467	479	232	247	-	133	-	131	562	-
Thurleigh CP/AP	3,418	416	404	209	195	-	124	-	124	594	-
Turvey AP/CP	4,011	849	863	465	398	-	223	-	221	1,153	-
Wilden AP/CP	2,265	358	344	178	166	-	92	-	92	395	-
Willington CP/AP	1,660	432	428	213	215	-	122	-	122	615	-
Wilshamstead AP/CP	3,131	589	675	328	347	-	197	-	197	963	-
Wootton AP/CP	3,788	1,347	1,551	784	767	-	379	-	379	1,915	-
Wymington CP/AP	1,760	516	518	274	244	-	139	-	127	569	-
Yelden CP/AP	1,950	160	150	74	76	-	46	-	46	210	-
Eaton Socon AP/CP	7,602	2,231	2,240	1,101	1,139	-	599	-	598	2,885	-
Little Barford CP/AP	1,200	121	75	34	41	-	22	-	22	138	-
Little Staughton AP/CP	1,746	246	224	119	105	-	72	-	72	378	-
Pertenhall CP/AP	1,615	201	183	84	99	-	51	-	51	310	-
Swineshead AP/CP	1,354	129	124	71	53	-	37	-	37	195	-

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