Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: County Report

1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: England and Wales: County Report: Yorkshire West Riding), Table 3 : " Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings for AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT".

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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]	POPULATION					PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS AND DWELLINGS, 1951
		1931	1951				Private Households [7]	Population in Private Households [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupied [9]	Rooms Occupied [10]	Density of Occupation
		Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons per Acre [6]	Private Households [7]	Population in Private Households [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupied [9]	Rooms Occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]	Percentage of persons at more than 2 per Room [12]
Shropshire AdmC Total	861,800	240,991	289,802	149,519	140,283	-	77,823	-	75,522	357,368	-	-
Bishops Castle MB	1,867	1,352	1,290	609	681	-	406	-	402	1,847	-	-
Bridgnorth MB	2,645	5,295	6,250	2,902	3,348	-	1,894	-	1,782	7,972	-	-
Church Stretton UD	6,198	2,398	2,580	1,092	1,488	-	802	-	788	4,019	-	-
Dawley UD	3,259	7,669	8,380	4,189	4,191	-	2,428	-	2,388	9,683	-	-
Ellesmere UD	1,220	1,872	2,163	999	1,164	-	687	-	672	3,287	-	-
Ludlow MB	1,068	5,823	6,456	3,020	3,436	-	1,945	-	1,863	8,580	-	-
Market Drayton UD	1,216	4,749	5,644	2,647	2,997	-	1,708	-	1,684	7,774	-	-
Newport UD	768	3,437	3,744	1,833	1,911	-	1,073	-	1,035	4,773	-	-
Oakengates UD	2,396	11,249	11,656	6,056	5,600	-	3,308	-	3,231	13,753	-	-
Oswestry MB	2,173	9,961	10,712	4,944	5,768	-	3,249	-	3,113	15,163	-	-
Shrewsbury MB	8,118	36,732	44,919	21,451	23,468	-	12,752	-	12,139	57,498	-	-
Wellington UD	2,281	8,550	11,416	5,717	5,699	-	3,164	-	3,057	14,649	-	-
Wem UD	903	2,255	2,409	1,163	1,246	-	753	-	723	3,662	-	-
Wenlock MB	22,657	14,149	15,095	7,463	7,632	-	4,354	-	4,268	18,263	-	-
Whitchurch UD	6,053	6,174	6,856	3,258	3,598	-	2,048	-	1,950	9,385	-	-
Atcham RD	134,490	16,411	21,265	10,710	10,555	-	5,781	-	5,674	27,572	-	-
Bridgnorth RD	100,897	12,616	16,168	9,560	6,608	-	3,703	-	3,631	17,843	-	-
Clun RD	132,512	10,673	9,766	4,954	4,812	-	2,827	-	2,803	13,498	-	-
Drayton RD	54,058	7,888	10,625	6,218	4,407	-	2,307	-	2,250	11,417	-	-
Ellesmere RD	48,253	6,684	8,601	5,009	3,592	-	1,922	-	1,899	9,666	-	-
Ludlow RD	112,823	14,511	13,949	7,085	6,864	-	3,973	-	3,914	19,063	-	-
Oswestry RD	61,524	16,569	20,746	11,735	9,011	-	4,761	-	4,624	21,982	-	-
Shifnal RD	39,562	7,583	13,548	7,985	5,563	-	2,904	-	2,850	13,939	-	-
Wellington RD	54,516	16,118	23,521	12,546	10,975	-	5,974	-	5,741	26,719	-	-
Wem RD	60,343	10,273	12,043	6,374	5,669	-	3,100	-	3,041	15,361	-	-

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

Rate	Date
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1951

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	For definitions of dwellings, households, rooms, etc., see pp. vii and xvi.
2	Acreage figures have been supplied by the Ordnance Survey Department; see p. vii.
3	All figures relate to the areas as constituted in 1951. 1931 figures are not available for those areas marked f (see p. vii).
4	Areas marked * have been created or altered during the 1931-1951 intercensal period; particulars are given either in the 1931 Census County Report, Part II, or in Table 5.

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