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1931 Census of England and Wales, General Report, Table 85 : " Areas with Enumerated Population in Excess of Resident Population".
Area | Percentage Excess | Area | Percentage Excess | Area | Percentage Excess | |||
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(a)Administrative Counties (excess 5% or over): | (c) Other Urban Districts (excess 2% or over): | (c) Urban Districts (contd.) | ||||||
Sussex, West | 3.0 | Grasmere | 17.6 | Paul | 5.2 | |||
Isle of Wight | 2.8 | Grange | 17.3 | Holborn Met. B. | 4.9 | |||
Devon | 1.8 | Padstow | 15.0 | Llandrindod Wells | 4.9 | |||
Caernarvon | 1.5 | Skegness | 14.4 | Clacton | 4,8 | |||
Westmorland | 1.4 | New Hunstanton | 14.1 | Weston-super-Mare | 4.7 | |||
Sussex, East | 1.3 | Lynton | 12.8 | Cottingham | 4.6 | |||
Merioneth | Frinton-on-Sea | 10.5 | Dawlish | 4.6 | ||||
Cornwall | 1.2 | Barmouth | 10.4 | The Matlocks | 4.5 | |||
Radnor | 1.2 | Sidmouth | 9.7 | Worthing M.B. | 4.4 | |||
Dorset | 1.1 | Wardle | 9.7 | Seaton | 4.3 | |||
Pembroke | 1.0 | New Romney M.B. | 9.6 | Herne Bay | 4.2 | |||
Brecknock | 0.8 | Shanklin | 9.0 | Kirklington cum Upsland | 4.2 | |||
Denbigh | 0.8 | Droitwich M.B. | 8.7 | Looe | 4.1 | |||
Flint | 0.7 | Llandudno .. | 8.6 | Chislehurst | 4.1 | |||
Somerset | 0.6 | Bognor Regis | 8.6 | Morecambe and Heysham M.B. | 4.1 | |||
Yorks, East Riding | 0.6 | Bettws-y-Coed | 8.3 | Colwyn Bay | 4.1 | |||
Kent | 0.5 | Broadstairs and St. Peters | 8.2 | Newquay | 4.0 | |||
Suffolk, West | 0.5 | Conway M.B. | 7.8 | Stratton and Bude | 3.9 | |||
Montgomery | 0.5 | Milford Haven | 7.8 | Cromer | 3.9 | |||
Mablethorpe and Sutton | 7.6 | Filey | 3.9 | |||||
(b)County Boroughs (excess 5% or over): | Ventnor | 7.4 | Towyn | 3.9 | ||||
Bournemouth | 5.4 | Canvey Island | 7.2 | Rhyl | 3.7 | |||
Eastbourne | 3.5 | Salcombe | 7.1 | Milton | 3.7 | |||
Hastings | 3.4 | Lyme Regis M.B. | 6.9 | Stanhope | 3.6 | |||
Blackpool | 2.4 | Torquay M.B. | 6.8 | Bourne | 3.6 | |||
Brighton | 2.2 | Sandown | 6.6 | Littlehampton | 3.6 | |||
Southport | 1.4 | Margate M.B. | 6.1 | Scalby | 3.6 | |||
Southend-on-Sea | 1.2 | Walton-on-the-Naze | 5.9 | Newhaven | 3.5 | |||
Grimsby | 1 | Fowey M.B. | 5.4 | Falmouth M.B. | 3.3 | |||
Bath | 0.6 | Southwold M.B. | 5.4 | North Bromsgrove | 3.2 | |||
Swanage | 5.4 | Budleigh Salterton | 3.1 | |||||
(c) Urban Districts (contd.) | Urban Districs (contd.) | Rural Districts (contd.) | ||||||
Bexhill M.B. | 3.1 | Battle | 2.0 | Hendon | 2.5 | |||
Fleetwood | 3.0 | Llanfyllin M.B. | 2.0 | Rye | 2.5 | |||
St. Helens (I.O.W.) | 3.0 | Lytham St. Annes M.B. | 2.0 | South Westmorland | 2.5 | |||
Madron | 2.9 | Glaslyn | 2.5 | |||||
St. Ives M:B. | 2.9 | (d) Rural Districts : | St. Columb Major | 2.4 | ||||
Keswick | 2.9 | Blore Heath | 10.5 | South Stoneham | 2.4 | |||
Ilfracombe | 2.9 | Westhampnett | 8.1 | West Ward | 2.4 | |||
Clevedon | 2.9 | Hay | 8.0 | Marlborough | 2.4 | |||
Shoreham-by-Sea | 2.9 | East Preston | 7.8 | Castle Ward | 2.3 | |||
Withernsea | 2.9 | Romney Marsh | 6.7 | Lymington | 2.3 | |||
Llanfairfechan | 2.9 | Isles of Scilly | 5.7 | Conway | 2.3 | |||
Tenby M.B. | 2.9 | Kingsbridge | 4.2 | Ruthin | 2.3 | |||
Fulwood | 2.8 | Hartlepool | 4.1 | Cookham | 2.2 | |||
Little Crosby | 2.8 | Midhurst | 4.1 | Truro | 2.2 | |||
Fleet | 2.8 | Isle of Thanet | 4.0 | Bridport | 2.2 | |||
West Mersea | 2.7 | Wheatenhurst | 3.9 | Maldon | 2.2 | |||
Folkestone M.B. | 2.7 | Blean | 3.9 | Hollingbourne | 2.2 | |||
Felixstowe | 2.6 | Dulverton | 3.8 | Oswestry | 2.2 | |||
Windermere | 2.6 | Havant | 3.8 | Christchurch | 2.2 | |||
Prestatyn | 2.6 | Hastings | 3.8 | Cerne | 2.1 | |||
Marple | 2.5 | Eastbourne | 3.6 | Williton | 2.1 | |||
Paignton | 2.5 | Berkhampstead | 3.5 | Melford | 2-1 | |||
Church Stretton | 2.5 | Bradford-on-Avon | 3.4 | Tendring | 2.0 | |||
Chepstow | 2.5 | Thetford | 3.4 | Lancaster | 2.0 | |||
Hythe M.B. | 2.4 | Isle of Wight | 3.3 | New Forest | 2.0 | |||
Porthcawl | 2.4 | Billesdon | 3.1 | Chertsey | 2.0 | |||
Minehead | 2.3 | Tavistock | 2.9 | Ramsbury | 2.0 | |||
Shelf | 2.3 | Dover | 2.9 | |||||
Criccieth | 2.3 | Brandon | 2.9 | City of London | 3.5 | |||
Penmaenmawr | 2.3 | Middlesbrough | 2.9 | |||||
Holme Cultram | 2.2 | Wharfedale | 2.9 | Number of other U.D.s withdifferences of 1% andunder 2%: 67 | ||||
Thornton Cleveleys | 2.2 | Barnstaple | 2.8 | |||||
Alton .. | 2.2 | Aysgarth | 2.8 | |||||
Teignmouth | 2.1 | Dolgelley | 2.8 | |||||
Ilkley | 2.1 | Weardale | 2.7 | Number of R.D.s with dif-ferences of 1% andunder 2%: 128 | ||||
Baslow and Bubnell | 2.0 | Newton Abbot | 2.5 | |||||
Poulton-le-Fylde | 2.0 | Sheppey | 2.5 |