Vision of Britain | 1931 Census: County Report Part I

1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I (Sample Report Title: Census 1931: England and Wales: Series of County Parts, Part I. County of Worcestershire), Table 3 : " Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings".

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click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Acreage (Land and Inland Water) [1]	TOTAL POPULATION					PRIVATE FAMILIES AND DWELLINGS, 1931
		1921	1931				Private Families [7]	Population in Private Families [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings occupied [9]	Rooms occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]
		Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons per Acre [6]	Private Families [7]	Population in Private Families [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings occupied [9]	Rooms occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]
Shropshire AdmC Total	861,800	243,062	244,156	120,585	123,571	-	60,893	-	59,553	294,328	-
Bishops Castle MB	1,867	1,267	1,352	668	684	-	361	-	360	1,779	-
Bridgnorth MB	2,822	5,141	5,151	2,399	2,752	-	1,391	-	1,349	6,271	-
Church Stretton UD	978	1,669	1,704	736	968	-	389	-	377	2,362	-
Dawley UD	2,790	7,388	7,359	3,875	3,484	-	1,829	-	1,807	7,479	-
Ellesmere UD	1,206	1,832	1,872	845	1,027	-	499	-	493	2,576	-
Ludlow MB	420	5,674	5,642	2,637	3,005	-	1,490	-	1,472	7,017	-
Market Drayton UD	1,216	4,714	4,749	2,194	2,555	-	1,273	-	1,258	6,268	-
Newport UD	768	3,054	3,437	1,662	1,775	-	843	-	837	4,046	-
Oakengates UD	2,329	11,345	11,190	5,867	5,323	-	2,779	-	2,620	11,311	-
Oswestry MB	1,887	9,785	9,754	4,612	5,142	-	2,570	-	2,522	12,926	-
Shrewsbury MB	3,525	31,006	32,372	15,106	17,266	-	8,087	-	7,713	38,298	-
Wellington UD	700	8,146	8,186	3,894	4,292	-	2,036	-	1,975	9,428	-
Wem UD	452	2,172	2,157	1,034	1,123	-	552	-	538	2,834	-
Wenlock MB	22,657	13,714	14,149	7,281	6,868	-	3,629	-	3,607	16,167	-
Whitchurch UD	4,783	5,653	6,017	2,826	3,191	-	1,557	-	1,518	7,844	-
Atcham RD	125,194	21,981	22,651	11,337	11,314	-	5,229	-	5,136	26,587	-
Bridgnorth RD	70,717	8,570	8,293	4,139	4,154	-	2,108	-	2,083	10,733	-
Burford RD	7,798	1,268	1,159	605	554	-	297	-	295	1,522	-
Chirbury RD	27,045	3,214	3,059	1,560	1,499	-	781	-	775	3,790	-
Church Stretton RD	45,106	4,517	4,524	2,301	2,223	-	1,157	-	1,146	5,717	-
Cleobury Mortimer RD	44,338	7,299	6,925	3,616	3,309	-	1,656	-	1,622	7,860	-
Clun RD	82,206	6,244	5,945	2,973	2,972	-	1,502	-	1,493	7,292	-
Drayton RD	50,168	7,155	7,381	3,665	3,716	-	1,865	-	1,853	9,988	-
Ellesmere RD	51,115	8,009	7,324	3,652	3,672	-	1,783	-	1,755	9,281	-
Ludlow RD	66,348	8,980	8,677	4,326	4,351	-	2,164	-	2,138	10,880	-
Newport RD	22,808	5,745	5,498	2,863	2,635	-	1,350	-	1,325	6,402	-
Oswestry RD	60,379	16,399	16,603	8,370	8,233	-	3,947	-	3,886	19,783	-
Shifnal RD	39,915	7,670	7,707	3,805	3,902	-	1,928	-	1,908	9,692	-
Teme RD	23,090	1,649	1,563	802	761	-	385	-	378	1,873	-
Wellington RD	33,472	11,207	11,229	5,737	5,492	-	2,848	-	2,720	12,592	-
Wem RD	51,999	8,583	8,436	4,156	4,280	-	2,108	-	2,096	11,102	-
Whitchurch RD	11,702	2,012	2,091	1,042	1,049	-	500	-	498	2,628	-

Notes:

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

1	The figures for Wards are printed in old face type (e.g. 607) and those for Civil Parishes, where different from Wards, in modern face type (e.g. 607).
2	DEFINITIONS: PRIVATE FAMILY. -- Any person or group of persons included in a separate return as being in separate occupation of any premises or part of premises is treated as a separate family for Census purposes, lodgers being so treated when returned as boarding separately and not otherwise. Private families comprise all such families with the exception of those enumerated in (i) Institutions or (ii) business establishments or boarding houses in which the number of resident trade assistants or resident boarders exceeds the number of members of the employer's or householders family (including private domestic servants).
3	DEFINITIONS: STRUCTURALLY SEPARATE DWELLINGS. -- A structurally separate dwelling has been defined for the Census as any room or set of rooms, intended or used for habitation, having separate access either to the street or to a common landing or staircase. Thus each flat in a block of flats is a separate unit; a private house which has not been structurally subdivided is similarly a single unit whether occupied by one family or by several families. But where a private house has been subdivided into maisonettes or portions, each having its front door opening on to the street or on to a common landing or staircase to which visitors have access, then each such portion is treated as a separate unit.
4	DEFINITIONS: ROOMS. -- For the purposes of the Census, the rooms enumerated are the usual living rooms, including bedrooms and kitchens but excluding sculleries, landings, lobbies, closets, bathrooms, or any warehouse, office, or shop rooms.
5	Areas marked (*) have been created or altered during the 1921-1931 intercensal period; for particulars of such creations or alterations (except those relating to Wards), see Table 4.

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