Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Population tables 2

1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2 (Sample Report Title: Population Tables I. Number of Inhabitants in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851: Report: Objects of census and machinery employed; results and observations; appendix of tabular results, and summary tables: England and Wales, Divisions I to VII. Area, houses, 1841 and 1851; Population, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851), Table [1] : " Population Abstract".

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click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
		1841			1851			Persons						Males						Females
		Inhabited [2]	Uninhabited [3]	Building [4]	Inhabited [5]	Uninhabited [6]	Building [7]	1801 [8]	1811 [9]	1821 [10]	1831 [11]	1841 [12]	1851 [13]	1801 [14]	1811 [15]	1821 [16]	1831 [17]	1841 [18]	1851 [19]	1801 [20]	1811 [21]	1821 [22]	1831 [23]	1841 [24]	1851 [25]
Shetland ScoCnty Total	5,388	142	6	5,249	153	6	22,379	22,915	26,145	29,392	30,558	31,078	9,945	10,024	11,801	13,489	13,176	13,145	12,434	12,891	14,344	15,903	17,382	17,933	-
Dunrossness ScoP	789	6	0	795	5	0	3,361	3,498	3,798	4,405	4,494	4,505	1,479	1,581	1,695	2,037	2,022	1,982	1,882	1,917	2,103	2,368	2,472	2,523	-
Lerwick ScoP	458	16	0	424	13	0	1,706	1,949	2,578	3,194	3,284	3,390	693	738	1,156	1,460	1,321	1,351	1,013	1,211	1,422	1,734	1,963	2,039	-
Bressay ScoP	330	3	0	318	0	0	1,330	1,411	1,585	1,699	1,798	1,812	611	625	739	820	795	781	719	786	846	879	1,003	1,031	-
Tingwall ScoP	499	10	1	482	17	1	1,863	1,927	2,309	2,797	2,957	2,874	824	818	1,043	1,284	1,272	1,190	1,039	1,109	1,266	1,513	1,685	1,684	-
Sandsting ScoP	424	11	0	431	9	2	1,493	1,617	1,884	2,194	2,478	2,603	667	718	862	1,006	1,082	1,097	826	899	1,022	1,188	1,396	1,506	-
Walls and Sandness ScoP	404	0	0	421	2	0	1,967	1,682	1,991	2,143	2,449	2,442	911	736	917	997	1,140	1,064	1,056	946	1,074	1,146	1,309	1,378	-
Delting ScoP	412	20	0	375	12	0	1,449	1,624	1,818	2,070	2,019	2,124	649	728	797	962	837	906	800	896	1,021	1,108	1,182	1,218	-
Nesting ScoP	397	7	1	398	5	0	1,941	1,866	2,005	2,103	2,294	2,420	856	826	892	965	1,015	1,018	1,085	1,040	1,113	1,138	1,279	1,402	-
Northmaven ScoP	456	9	1	413	7	0	2,045	2,024	2,264	2,386	2,504	2,534	907	907	1,039	1,091	1,118	1,133	1,138	1,117	1,225	1,295	1,386	1,401	-
Yell ScoP	353	26	0	336	58	1	-	-	-	-	1,705	1,741	698	694	768	825	682	703	878	901	961	987	1,023	1,038	-
Fetlar ScoP	346	22	3	305	8	0	2,965	3,029	3,315	3,492	1,745	1,656	634	659	717	751	724	657	755	775	869	929	1,021	999	-
Unst ScoP	520	12	0	551	17	2	2,259	2,288	2,598	2,909	2,831	2,977	1,016	994	1,176	1,291	1,168	1,263	1,243	1,294	1,422	1,618	1,663	1,714	-

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