Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: County Report

1951 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: Scotland: City and County Parts: City of Edinburgh), Table 1 : " Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931 for Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	1951								1931							1921	Area in Acres (1951) [17]	Population per 100 Acres		Population Increase or Decrease
	Population			Census Schedules Completed [4]	All Residential Establishments		Rooms		Population			Census Schedules Completed [12]	All Residential Establishments		Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [15]	Population (Both Sexes) [16]		1951 [18]	1953 [19]	Number 1931 to 1951		Percentage
	Both Sexes [1]	Males [2]	Females [3]	Census Schedules Completed [4]	Occupied [5]	Unoccupied [6]	Occupied [7]	Unoccupied [8]	Both Sexes [9]	Males [10]	Females [11]	Census Schedules Completed [12]	Occupied [13]	Unoccupied [14]	Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [15]	Population (Both Sexes) [16]		1951 [18]	1953 [19]	Increase [20]	Decrease [21]	1931 to 1951 [22]	1921 to 1931 [23]
Shetland ScoCnty Total	19,352	9,001	10,351	5,649	5,437	383	20,653	1,555	21,421	9,545	11,876	5,633	5,448	408	18,398	25,520	352,337	5	6	-	2,069	-10	-16
Shetland CLandward	13,814	6,429	7,385	4,033	3,925	313	15,035	1,204	16,114	7,096	9,018	4,206	4,107	347	13,693	19,084	351,587	3	4	-	2,300	-14	-16
Lerwick Burgh	5,538	2,572	2,966	1,616	1,512	70	5,618	351	5,307	2,449	2,858	1,427	1,341	61	4,705	6,436	750	738	707	231	-	4	-18
Bressay DoC	335	146	189	116	116	2	368	9	452	196	256	118	117	29	336	589	7,421	4	6	-	117	-26	-23
Delting DoC	863	408	455	256	254	13	966	50	958	421	537	264	253	21	853	1,136	36,965	2	2	-	95	-10	-16
Dunrossness DoC	2,470	1,157	1,313	740	694	34	2,817	151	2,704	1,202	1,502	713	691	34	2,467	3,280	32,302	7	8	-	234	-9	-18
Fetlar DoC	161	74	87	49	49	1	187	8	217	93	124	54	54	0	221	224	9,906	1	2	-	56	-26	-3
Lerwick Landward DoC	1,074	512	562	315	303	16	1,087	45	1,199	555	644	285	275	19	837	1,320	10,189	10	11	-	125	-10	-9
Nesting DoC	563	248	315	187	187	2	685	8	822	338	484	230	229	11	684	985	25,994	2	3	-	259	-32	-17
Northmaven DoC	1,054	474	580	292	288	34	1,292	201	1,343	598	745	342	340	28	1,404	1,635	49,045	2	2	-	289	-22	-18
Sandsting DoC	1,225	557	668	369	366	35	1,327	119	1,552	635	917	419	415	32	1,305	1,871	39,869	3	3	-	327	-21	-17
Tingwall DoC	1,658	780	878	484	465	34	1,780	120	1,531	655	876	436	429	44	1,297	1,766	29,217	5	5	127	-	8	-13
Unst DoC	1,112	588	524	300	283	51	1,133	186	1,341	685	656	351	337	39	1,256	1,817	29,874	3	4	-	229	-17	-26
Walls DoC	830	351	479	259	257	16	898	57	1,102	454	648	300	296	17	860	1,346	23,668	3	4	-	272	-25	-18
Whalsay DoC	986	465	521	240	238	3	837	7	1,010	466	544	232	223	5	712	982	5,001	19	20	-	24	-2	3
Yell DoC	1,483	669	814	426	425	72	1,658	243	1,883	798	1,085	462	448	68	1,461	2,133	52,136	2	3	-	400	-21	-12

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Shetland ScoCnty:

Rate	Date
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1951

Notes:

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

1	These figures [for rooms] exclude hospitals, nursing homes, institutions and service barracks.
2	[Unoccupied rooms] Includes sub-let rooms in occupied houses.

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