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]
Bridport RD Total	32,150	6,875	6,947	3,207	3,740	-	1,957	-	1,951	10,213	-
Allington AP/CP	806	233	228	98	130	-	63	-	62	314	-
Askerswell AP/CP	1,724	193	146	75	71	-	42	-	42	241	-
Bothenhampton AP/CP	960	502	564	254	310	-	174	-	174	919	-
Bradpole AP/CP	797	581	696	348	348	-	171	-	168	881	-
Burton Bradstock CP/AP	2,714	624	634	295	339	-	174	-	173	858	-
Catherston Leweston CP/AP	245	29	29	12	17	-	6	-	6	54	-
Charmouth CP/AP	445	668	719	296	423	-	189	-	189	1,143	-
Chideock Ch/CP	1,978	548	542	219	323	-	165	-	165	902	-
Chilcombe AP/CP	451	19	11	6	5	-	5	-	5	23	-
Litton Cheney AP/CP	2,028	253	232	112	120	-	73	-	73	396	-
Loders CP/AP	2,279	559	495	223	272	-	146	-	146	665	-
Puncknowle AP/CP	2,576	302	283	138	145	-	86	-	86	404	-
Shipton George Ch/CP	1,464	235	212	103	109	-	58	-	58	261	-
Stanton St Gabriel Ch/CP	1,070	54	46	19	27	-	12	-	12	56	-
Swyre AP/CP	1,129	111	118	60	58	-	35	-	34	174	-
Symondsbury AP/CP	3,842	853	899	427	472	-	254	-	254	1,279	-
Whitechurch Canonicorum CP/AP	4,253	688	683	340	343	-	208	-	208	1,057	-
Wootton Fitzpaine AP/CP	3,389	423	410	182	228	-	96	-	96	586	-

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