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1931 Census of England and Wales, General Report, Table 33 : " 1931 Census Populations of Regional Aggregates of County Boroughs and of altered County Boroughs as constituted (1) at Census of 1931, and (2) after Completion of Changes under Local Government Act, 1929".
Area | 1931 Census Population of Area as constituted | Increase (+) or Decrease (-) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
At Census of 1931 | After Changes | Amount | Per 1,000 | ||
ENGLAND AND WALES | 13,308,476 | 13,458,268 | 149,792 | 11 | |
Aggregates: | |||||
Greater London | 669,704 | 669,780 | 76 | 0 | |
County Boroughs outside Greater London | 12,638,772 | 12,788,488 | 149,716 | 12 | |
Regions: | |||||
South East | 1,804,109 | 1,817,660 | 13,551 | 8 | |
London and 5 surrounding Counties | 814,235 | 824,672 | 10,407 | 13 | |
Greater London | 669,704 | 669,780 | 76 | 0 | |
North | 6,982,851 | 7,051,992 | 69,141 | 10 | |
N.1 | 910,025 | 917,343 | 7,318 | 8 | |
N.2 | 509,122 | 509,913 | 791 | 2 | |
N.3 | 1,906,963 | 1,942,420 | 35,457 | 19 | |
N.4 | 3,656,741 | 3,682,316 | 25,575 | 7 | |
Midland | 3,200,583 | 3,258,372 | 57,789 | 18 | |
M.1 | 2,457,869 | 2,485,399 | 27,530 | 11 | |
M.2 | 742,714 | 772,973 | 30,259 | 41 | |
Regions: | |||||
East | 429,210 | 429,277 | 67 | 0 | |
South West | 343,026 | 343,026 | 0 | 0 | |
Wales | 548,697 | 557,941 | 9,244 | 17 | |
W.1 | 548,697 | 557,941 | 9,244 | 17 | |
W.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
South East: | |||||
Bournemouth | 116,797 | 116,803 | 6 | 0 | |
Canterbury | 24,446 | 25,109 | 663 | 27 | |
Croydon | 233,032 | 233,108 | 76 | 0 | |
Portsmouth | 249,283 | 252,421 | 3,138 | 13 | |
Southend-on-Sea | 120,115 | 129,783 | 9,668 | 80 | |
North: | |||||
Barnsley | 71,522 | 73,877 | 2,355 | 33 | |
Birkenhead | 147,803 | 151,513 | 3,710 | 25 | |
Blackburn | 122,697 | 122,791 | 94 | 1 | |
Blackpool | 101,553 | 106,095 | 4,542 | 45 | |
Bradford | 298,041 | 298,692 | 651 | 2 | |
Bury | 56,182 | 58,345 | 2,163 | 38 | |
Chester | 41,440 | 45,747 | 4,307 | 104 | |
Doncaster | 63,316 | 64,708 | 1,392 | 22 | |
Gateshead | 122,447 | 124,545 | 2,098 | 17 | |
Huddersfield | 113,475 | 123,048 | 9,573 | 84 | |
Kingston upon Hull | 313,544 | 313,649 | 105 | 0 | |
Leeds | 482,809 | 482,827 | 18 | 0 | |
Liverpool | 855,688 | 856,072 | 384 | 0 | |
Manchester | 766,378 | 766,311 | -67 | 0 | |
Middlesbrough | 138,274 | 138,960 | 686 | 5 | |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 283,156 | 286,255 | 3,099 | 11 | |
Preston | 119,001 | 119,665 | 664 | 6 | |
Rochdale | 90,263 | 95,527 | 5,264 | 58 | |
Rotherham | 69,691 | 75,223 | 5,532 | 79 | |
St. Helens | 106,789 | 107,452 | 663 | 6 | |
Sheffield | 511,757 | 518,257 | 6,500 | 13 | |
South Shields | 113,455 | 113,185 | -270 | -2 | |
Stockport | 125,490 | 126,362 | 872 | 7 | |
Sunderland | 185,824 | 185,903 | 79 | 0 | |
Tynemouth | 64,922 | 65,919 | 997 | 15 | |
Wakefield | 59,122 | 59,305 | 183 | 3 | |
Wallasey | 97,626 | 98,361 | 735 | 8 | |
Warrington | 79,317 | 81,561 | 2,244 | 28 | |
West Hartlepool | 68,135 | 69,450 | 1,315 | 19 | |
York | 84,813 | 94,066 | 9,253 | 109 | |
Midland: | |||||
Bristol | 397,012 | 403,948 | 6,936 | 17 | |
Burton-on-Trent | 49,486 | 49,529 | 43 | 1 | |
Coventry | 167,083 | 178,126 | 11,043 | 66 | |
Derby | 142,403 | 142,520 | 117 | 1 | |
Dudley | 59,583 | 59,583 | 0 | 0 | |
Gloucester | 52,937 | 55,886 | 2,949 | 56 | |
Leicester | 239,169 | 257,718 | 18,549 | 78 | |
Northampton | 92,341 | 96,546 | 4,205 | 46 | |
Nottingham | 268,801 | 276,189 | 7,388 | 27 | |
Wolverhampton | 133,212 | 138,631 | 5,419 | 41 | |
Worcester | 50,546 | 51,686 | 1,140 | 23 | |
East: | |||||
Ipswich | 87,502 | 87,569 | 67 | 1 | |
South West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wales: | |||||
Newport | 89,203 | 98,447 | 9,244 | 104 |