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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population fell from 1,178 in 1801 to 583 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 486 males aged 20 and over, 357 were Farmers not employing Labourers.

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
LOCHCARRON	Preferred	English			1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
LOCHARRON	Alternate	English			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ROSS AND CROMARTY	Scottish County	1845	1975	1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1891	was reduced to enlarge	APPLECROSS	(1) Lochcarron detached No. 1. (2) So much of the parish of Lochcarron as is bounded on the south by a line starting at a point on the boundary between the parishes of Applecross and Lochcarron due west of the most westerly point of Lochan Meall na Caillich and running thence in a generally easterly direction along the watershed between Allt a Chuirn and Allt a Ghuibhais over the summit of Sgorr a Gharaidh to the northmost point of the small loch situated 800 yards or thereby east of the said summit, - on the east by aline drawn due north from the northmost oint of the said small loch to Allt a Ghuibbais, - on the north by the medium filum of the said Allt a Ghuibbais, - and on the west by the parish of Applecross.	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 9.
1891	was enlarged by gaining part of	APPLECROSS	So much of the parish of Applecross as lies to the east of the centre of Loch Kishoren at low-water mark and of a line starting at the head of Loch Kishorn and ruinning in a generally northly direction along the medium filum of the River Kishorn to the point at which it meets the march between the estates of Kishorn and Lochcarron, and to the south of aline running from the last-mentioned point in an easterly direction along the march between said estates until it meets the present boundary between the parishes of Applecross and Lochcarron.	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 9.

Lower level units

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