1931 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1931: Scotland: City and County Parts. City of Edinburgh), Table 29 : " Houses : Population by Number Enumerated per Room".

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Population in Private Houses
[1]
Persons Living (per Room)
Not more than 2
[2]
2-3
[3]
3-4
[4]
more than 4
[5]
Scotland Dep Total   4,683,189 Show data context 3,044,403 Show data context 941,317 Show data context 425,027 Show data context 272,442 Show data context
Glasgow ScoCofC Drill-down 1,053,258 Show data context 607,439 Show data context 246,205 Show data context 120,347 Show data context 79,267 Show data context
Edinburgh ScoCofC Drill-down 417,753 Show data context 301,019 Show data context 72,841 Show data context 28,708 Show data context 15,185 Show data context
Dundee ScoCofC Drill-down 171,435 Show data context 111,147 Show data context 37,850 Show data context 14,576 Show data context 7,862 Show data context
Aberdeen ScoCofC Drill-down 160,272 Show data context 110,971 Show data context 32,637 Show data context 11,404 Show data context 5,260 Show data context
Aberdeenshire ScoCnty Drill-down 141,970 Show data context 118,203 Show data context 17,592 Show data context 4,681 Show data context 1,494 Show data context
Angus ScoCnty Drill-down 90,881 Show data context 69,962 Show data context 14,214 Show data context 4,636 Show data context 2,069 Show data context
Argyll ScoCnty Drill-down 58,830 Show data context 48,210 Show data context 6,956 Show data context 2,475 Show data context 1,189 Show data context
Ayrshire ScoCnty Drill-down 278,176 Show data context 167,577 Show data context 58,476 Show data context 29,688 Show data context 22,435 Show data context
Banffshire ScoCnty Drill-down 53,671 Show data context 43,747 Show data context 7,465 Show data context 1,690 Show data context 769 Show data context
Berwickshire ScoCnty Drill-down 26,357 Show data context 21,559 Show data context 3,338 Show data context 1,071 Show data context 389 Show data context
Buteshire ScoCnty Drill-down 17,472 Show data context 14,621 Show data context 1,923 Show data context 695 Show data context 233 Show data context
Caithness ScoCnty Drill-down 25,193 Show data context 20,162 Show data context 3,697 Show data context 900 Show data context 434 Show data context
Clackmannanshire ScoCnty Drill-down 31,376 Show data context 20,614 Show data context 6,748 Show data context 2,537 Show data context 1,477 Show data context
Dunbartonshire ScoCnty Drill-down 142,665 Show data context 86,499 Show data context 32,502 Show data context 14,929 Show data context 8,735 Show data context
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty Drill-down 77,886 Show data context 60,696 Show data context 11,845 Show data context 3,807 Show data context 1,538 Show data context
East Lothian ScoCnty Drill-down 45,387 Show data context 32,411 Show data context 8,572 Show data context 3,050 Show data context 1,354 Show data context
Fife ScoCnty Drill-down 270,030 Show data context 184,428 Show data context 55,234 Show data context 21,762 Show data context 8,606 Show data context
Inverness Shire ScoCnty Drill-down 76,023 Show data context 64,046 Show data context 9,097 Show data context 2,321 Show data context 559 Show data context
Kincardineshire ScoCnty Drill-down 26,913 Show data context 22,756 Show data context 3,096 Show data context 876 Show data context 185 Show data context
Kinross Shire ScoCnty Drill-down 7,106 Show data context 5,684 Show data context 1,050 Show data context 278 Show data context 94 Show data context
Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty Drill-down 29,830 Show data context 25,917 Show data context 2,921 Show data context 782 Show data context 210 Show data context
Lanarkshire ScoCnty Drill-down 485,532 Show data context 236,996 Show data context 117,293 Show data context 69,838 Show data context 61,405 Show data context
Midlothian ScoCnty Drill-down 85,248 Show data context 52,254 Show data context 19,893 Show data context 8,314 Show data context 4,787 Show data context
Moray ScoCnty Drill-down 39,772 Show data context 34,207 Show data context 4,584 Show data context 785 Show data context 196 Show data context
Nairnshire ScoCnty Drill-down 8,083 Show data context 6,777 Show data context 963 Show data context 253 Show data context 90 Show data context
Orkney ScoCnty Drill-down 21,712 Show data context 17,820 Show data context 2,764 Show data context 809 Show data context 319 Show data context
Peebles Shire ScoCnty Drill-down 14,679 Show data context 12,113 Show data context 1,836 Show data context 574 Show data context 156 Show data context
Perthshire ScoCnty Drill-down 114,375 Show data context 96,046 Show data context 13,594 Show data context 3,620 Show data context 1,115 Show data context
Renfrewshire ScoCnty Drill-down 277,956 Show data context 158,869 Show data context 63,989 Show data context 32,627 Show data context 22,471 Show data context
Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty Drill-down 61,354 Show data context 47,746 Show data context 8,739 Show data context 3,516 Show data context 1,353 Show data context
Roxburghshire ScoCnty Drill-down 44,678 Show data context 36,481 Show data context 5,788 Show data context 1,548 Show data context 861 Show data context
Selkirkshire ScoCnty Drill-down 22,170 Show data context 17,122 Show data context 3,486 Show data context 1,087 Show data context 475 Show data context
Stirlingshire ScoCnty Drill-down 160,254 Show data context 97,160 Show data context 35,546 Show data context 16,978 Show data context 10,570 Show data context
Sutherland ScoCnty Drill-down 15,549 Show data context 14,259 Show data context 1,031 Show data context 187 Show data context 72 Show data context
West Lothian ScoCnty Drill-down 79,564 Show data context 39,364 Show data context 20,532 Show data context 11,385 Show data context 8,283 Show data context
Wigtownshire ScoCnty Drill-down 28,764 Show data context 22,919 Show data context 3,962 Show data context 1,336 Show data context 547 Show data context
Shetland ScoCnty Drill-down 21,015 Show data context 16,602 Show data context 3,058 Show data context 957 Show data context 398 Show data context

Comments:

1 This transcription is selective. It does not include data contained in columns documenting percentages.

Notes:

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

1 "2-3" means "More than 2 but not more than 3," and "3-4" means "More than 3 but not more than 4."

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