Full Title:
General Report
Year of Publication:
1950
The following text sections are available:
Title and Contents Pages
Preparation and Procedure
Population
Buildings, Dwellings, Rooms, and Families
Sexes, Ages and Marital Conditions
Occupation And Industry
Birthplace And Nationality
Welsh Language
Usual Residence

Tables in the main report

Table No: Title Page(s)
1 Population 1801-1931, England and Wales 22
2 Intercensal Movements, 1871-1931 (Numbers) 24
3 Intercensal Movements, 1871-1931 (Percentages) 24
4 Births and Deaths, 1921-1935 25
5 Migration - Extracted from Board of Trade Journal 27
6 Intercensal Estimates of Population, England and Wales, 1921-1931 28
7 Census Populations and Approximate Decennial Increases per cent in England and Wales and in Certain Other Countries 30
8 Densities at each Census, England and Wales, 1801-1931 31
9 1931 Population and Acreage of Regions 32
10 Intercensal Movements of Population in Regions, 1911-1931 33
11 Administrative Counties (Including County Boroughs) Arranged in Order of Enumerated Population, 1931 35
12 Administrative Counties (Including County Boroughs) Arranged in Order of 1921-1931 Increase per cent of Population, and showing the Increase per cent of Population in the Intercensal Periods 1921-1931 and 1911-1921 Respectively and the Percentage Gain or Loss by Migration 1921-1931 35
13 Density of Population in Administrative Counties with Associated County Boroughs, England and Wales, 1921 and 1931 37
14 Comparison of Aggregates of Urban and Rural Districts, England and Wales, 1891-1931 38
15 Comparison of Resident Populations in Urban and Rural Aggregates, England and Wales, 1921 and 1931 39
16 Classification of Urban Districts by Population, England and Wales, 1921 and 1931 40
17 London - Population and Density 41
18 London - Intercensal Changes 42
19 Percentage Increase of Resident Population in England and Wales and Four Metropolitan Aggregates and Comparison between the Metropolitan Aggregates and England and Wales, 1921-1934 44
20 Populations and Triennial Increases - Metropolitan Areas 46
21 1931 Position and Subsequent Triennial Increases - Metropolitan Areas 47
22 Population 1911-1931 - Towns with Populations of Over 50,000, Arranged According to Size 49
23 Population and Electorate (Excluding Universities), England and Wales, 1921 and 1931 56
24 Distribution of Population in Constituencies, 1911, 1921 and 1931 57
25 Constituencies with more than 100,000 Population per Member in 1931 58
26 Constituencies with less than 50,000 Population per Member in 1931 59
27 Constituencies returning two Members 59
28 University Electors, 1921 and 1931 60
29 Institutional and Other Special Types of Population in England and Wales, 1921 and 1931 62
30 Institutional and other Special Types of Population - Age Distribution 63
31 Comparative Urban and Rural Populations (1931 Census) of Areas as Constituted at Census Day, 1931, and after Completion of Changes Made Under the Local Government Act, 1929 64
32 Acreage and Population at Census of 1931 of Counties with their Associated County Boroughs as Constituted (1) at Census of 1931, and (2) after Completion of Changes under Local Government Act, 1929 67
33 1931 Census Populations of Regional Aggregates of County Boroughs and of altered County Boroughs as constituted (1) at Census of 1931, and (2) after Completion of Changes under Local Government Act, 1929 67
34 Number of County Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs, Municipal Boroughs, Urban Districts, Rural Districts and Civil Parishes in each County of England and Wales at the Census of 1931 and after Changes Under Local Government Act, 1929 69
35 Distribution of Metropolitan Boroughs, Municipal Boroughs and Urban Districts as Constituted at the Census of 1931, and after the Completion of Changes under the Local Government Act, 1929, According to the Size of their Respective Populations as Enumerated at the Census of 1931 in each case 72
36 Numbers of Detached Parts of Civil Parishes by Counties, 1931 73
37 Excess of Females by Age Groups, England and Wales 75
38 Highest and Lowest Proportions of Females per 1,000 Males in Metropolitan Boroughs, County Boroughs and Administrative Counties 77
39 Countries arranged in Order of 1931 Sex Proportions, showing also 1921 Comparisons 78
40 Population of England and Wales in Age Groups, 1931 and 1921, and its Distribution per 10,000 83
41 Population in Age Groups and Distribution per 1,000 Total Population at Successive Censuses, England and Wales, 1881-1931 86
42 Sex and Age Constitution of Sections of the Population 88
43 Comparison of 1931 Census Populations at Ages over 10 with Survivors from the 1921 Census 95
44 Ungraduated and Graduated Survivorship Ratios - Ages 0-30, 1931 98
45 Enumerated and Graduated Populations - Census 1931 98
46 Distribution by Sex, Age and Marital Condition, 1931 100
47 Marital Conditions: Proportions by Sex in Age Groups, England and Wales (1891-1931) and Geographical Regions (1931) 102
48 Occupations of Males and Females aged 14 and over: Proportions According to Marital Condition and Industrial Status, England and Wales, 1931 112
49 Industry: Analysis by Industrial Status of Orders, Sub-Orders and Certain Numerically Important Industries, England and Wales, 1931 117
50 Percentages Occupied and Out of Work in Regions, Counties, County Boroughs, and Other Urban Areas with Populations Exceeding 50,000 119
51 Distribution of Population over 14 years of Age by Occupational Order and Region 124
52 Fishermen: Distribution in 1921 and 1931 127
53 Fishermen: Distribution in Certain County Areas, 1891-1931 128
54 Agricultural Workers in Urban and Rural Areas of England and Wales, 1921 and 1931 129
55 Proportions of Agricultural Workers in the Rural Parts of Counties, 1931 130
56 Agricultural Occupations in the Aggregates of Rural Districts in Counties, 1931 131
57 Occupations of Males in and about Coal and Shale Mines, England and Wales, 1921 and 1931 132
58 Mining and Quarrying Occupations: Males: 1921 and 1931 133
59 Coal and Shale Miners: Occupational Distribution in Certain Counties 137
60 Textile Workers: Geographical and Occupational Distribution 143
61 Makers of Textile Goods and Articles of Dress: Distribution Summary 144
62 Proprietors and Assistants in Retail Business, England and Wales 149
63 Percentages of Private Families with Resident Domestic Servants to Total Private Families, England and Wales, Census 1931 152
64 Percentages Out of Work among Occupied Persons in Certain Industrial Groups and Industries, Classified by Sex and Age, England and Wales, 1931 158
65 Percentages Out of Work among Occupied Persons in Certain Occupations and Occupational Groups, Classified by Sex and Age, England and Wales, 1931 159
66 Percentages Out of Work among Occupied Persons by Regions, Administrative Counties, County Boroughs and Large Towns with Populations exceeding 50,000 160
67 Proportions Occupied per 1,000 Males and Females Enumerated, by Age and Civil Condition, England and Wales, 1911, 1921 and 1931 163
68 Birthplaces: Numbers and Proportions Born 166
69 Birthplaces of Persons, Males and Females 168
70 Birthplaces of the Population at Successive Censuses, England and Wales, 1851-1931 169
71 Birthplaces of the Population at Successive Censuses, England and Wales, 1851-1931 (Proportions per 100,000 persons) 169
72 Regions, Administrative Counties (with Associated County Boroughs) and Large Towns with Highest Proportions of Natives of Scotland 170
73 Regions, Administrative Counties (with Associated County Boroughs) and Large Towns with Highest Proportions of Natives of Ireland 172
74 Persons Born in Dominions, Colonies, etc 173
75 Regions, Administrative Counties (with Associated County Boroughs) and Large Towns with Highest Proportions of Colonial Born 174
76 Persons Born in Foreign Countries, Distinguishing British Subjects and Foreigners, and Enumerated in England and Wales at each Census, 1851-1931 175
77 Birthplaces of Persons of Foreign Nationality 1911, 1921 and 1931 177
78 Distribution of Foreigners (Including Persons Born Abroad of Unstated Nationality) in England and Wales, Classified by Regions and in Certain Large Towns with High Proportions 178
79 Regional Distribution of Foreigners 179
80 Distribution by Sex, Age and Marital Condition per 10,000 Persons of Population Born in England and Wales Compared with Foreign Born Population 180
81 Sex, Age and Marital Condition - Distribution per 10,000 Persons (Selected Foreign Countries) 181
82 Proportional Number Speaking Welsh only and both English and Welsh, Wales and Monmouthshire, 1901-1931 184
83 Proportion per 1,000 of the Population Aged Three Years and Upwards at Certain Age Groups Returned as able to speak Welsh only and both English and Welsh, Wales and Monmouthshire, 1911, 1921 and 1931 184
84 Welsh Speaking Population, Proportion per 1,000 Persons Aged Three Years and Over in Counties, County Boroughs and Urban Areas with more than 50,000 Population 185
85 Areas with Enumerated Population in Excess of Resident Population 189
86 Areas with Resident Population in Excess of Enumerated Population 190