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1931 Census of England and Wales, General Report, Table 86 : " Areas with Resident Population in Excess of Enumerated Population".
Area | Percentage Excess | Area | Percentage Excess | Area | Percentage Excess | |||
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(a)Administrative Counties (excess 5% or over): | Urban Districts (contd.) | Urban Districts (contd.) | ||||||
Llandilo | 5.5 | Hedon M.B. | 2.3 | |||||
Rutland | 2.4 | Brackley M.B. | 4.4 | Narberth | 2.3 | |||
Peterborough | 0.7 | Caerleon | 4.2 | Bangor M.B. | 2.3 | |||
London | 0.5 | Harrow-on-the-Hill | 4.2 | Alvaston and Boulton | 2.2 | |||
Wantage | 4.1 | Kingsbridge | 2.1 | |||||
(b)County Boroughs (excess 5% or over): | Ellesmere | 4.1 | Newnham | 2.1 | ||||
Chatham M.B. | 3.9 | Huyton-with-Roby | 2.1 | |||||
Canterbury | 1.1 | Neyland | 3.8 | Leatherhead | 2.1 | |||
South Shields | 1.0 | Saxmundham | 3.7 | Cheltenham M.B. | 2.0 | |||
West Hartlepool | 0.9 | Bungay | 3.4 | Bishop's Stortford | 2.0 | |||
Gloucester | 0.8 | Amlwch | 3.4 | Harpenden | 2.0 | |||
Rochdale | 0.8 | Great Berkhampstead | 3.3 | Richmond (Yorks) M.B. | 2.0 | |||
Merthyr Tydfil | 0.8 | Carnforth | 3.3 | |||||
Newport | 0.8 | Wellington (Salop) | 3.3 | (d) Rural Districts (excess 2% or over): | ||||
Darlington | 0.7 | Saffron Walden M.B. | 3.3 | Uppingham | 6.6 | |||
Gateshead | 0.7 | Llandovery M B. | 3.2 | Sedbergh | 5.7 | |||
York | 0.7 | Oakham | 3.1 | Sefton | 5.5 | |||
Chester | 0.6 | Handforth | 2.9 | Stockton | 5.0 | |||
Great Yarmouth | 0.6 | Dolgelley | 2.8 | Uttoxeter | ||||
Reading | 0.5 | Truro M.B. | 2.7 | Headington | 3.7 | |||
Birkenhead | 0.5 | Bala | 2.7 | Horsham | 3.1 | |||
Sunderland | 0.5 | Durham M.B. | 2.6 | Helmsley | 2.6 | |||
Bolton | 0.5 | Sevenoaks | 2.6 | Mutford and Lothingland | 2.5 | |||
Ipswich | 0.5 | Aberaryon | 2.6 | Hunslet | 2.5 | |||
Middlesbrough | 0.5 | Hayle | 2.5 | Bredwardine | 2.4 | |||
Walton-le-Dale | 2.5 | |||||||
(c) Other Urban Districts(excess 2% or over): | Crediton | 2.5 | Number of other U.D.s withdifferences of 1% andunder 2%: 108 | |||||
Cleethorpes | 2.5 | |||||||
Eton | 21.8 | Kirkby Lonsdale | 2.5 | |||||
Oundle | 14.5 | Malvern | 2.5 | |||||
Marlborough M.B. | 10.7 | Bowdon | 2.4 | Number of R.D.s with dif-ferences of 1% andunder 2%: 19 | ||||
Lampeter M.B. | 8.8 | Halesworth | 2.4 | |||||
Rishworth | 6.3 | Wivenhoe | 2.3 | |||||
Cowbridge M.B. | 5.6 | Tonbridge | 2.3 |