Queensferry Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Year	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801		454
1811	454	558
1821	558	690
1831	690	684
1841	684	721
1851	721	720
1861	720	921
1871	921	945
1881	945	1,354
1891	1,354	768

Date	Source
1801 - 1861	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861 - 1871	1871 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'
1881	1881 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons speaking Gaelic habitually; the number of Rooms with Windows; and the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or Subdivision thereof on the 4th April 1881. For comparison there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms with Windows in 1871'
1891	1891 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows; and the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or Sub-division thereof on the 5th April 1891. For comparison there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms with Windows in 1881'

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Queensferry Parish : Total Population

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