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]
Bedfordshire AdmC Total	302,941	205,211	311,937	155,436	156,501	-	91,672	-	87,235	418,486	-	-
Ampthill UD	1,904	2,168	2,873	1,364	1,509	-	915	-	912	4,433	-	-
Bedford MB	4,972	42,606	53,075	25,071	28,004	-	16,301	-	14,845	77,828	-	-
Biggleswade UD	4,759	5,844	7,431	3,662	3,769	-	2,224	-	2,184	9,852	-	-
Dunstable MB	2,035	-	17,109	8,222	8,887	-	5,207	-	4,988	23,238	-	-
Kempston UD	1,302	5,488	8,645	4,324	4,321	-	2,544	-	2,456	12,107	-	-
Leighton Buzzard UD	2,487	7,106	9,025	4,593	4,432	-	2,601	-	2,536	11,756	-	-
Luton CB/MB	8,773	70,486	110,381	53,823	56,558	-	33,048	-	30,913	146,343	-	-
Sandy UD	4,362	3,148	3,667	1,789	1,878	-	1,185	-	1,166	5,590	-	-
Ampthill RD	62,553	17,483	22,957	11,504	11,453	-	6,877	-	6,824	33,020	-	-
Bedford RD	112,590	16,699	30,713	16,861	13,852	-	8,269	-	8,172	38,400	-	-
Biggleswade RD	49,153	20,954	26,427	14,397	12,030	-	6,538	-	6,418	29,121	-	-
Luton RD	48,051	13,229	19,634	9,826	9,808	-	5,963	-	5,821	26,798	-	-

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