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 the 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]
Downham RD Total	85,411	15,216	15,503	7,972	7,531	-	4,099	-	4,082	20,831	-
Barton Bendish AP/CP	4,123	394	358	182	176	-	86	-	86	443	-
Bexwell CP/AP	1,180	77	60	25	35	-	14	-	14	91	-
Boughton CP/AP	1,353	215	225	122	103	-	57	-	57	287	-
Crimplesham CP/AP	1,635	220	201	100	101	-	58	-	58	286	-
Denver CP/AP	2,910	667	743	365	378	-	203	-	203	1,045	-
Downham West CP	1,729	421	417	222	195	-	103	-	103	504	-
Fincham AP/CP	2,973	619	598	303	295	-	165	-	165	809	-
Fordham AP/CP	2,213	208	238	121	117	-	49	-	49	258	-
Hilgay CP/AP	6,816	1,491	1,572	821	751	-	413	-	411	2,040	-
Marham AP/CP	3,981	566	606	332	274	-	158	-	157	743	-
Nordelph CP	4,084	664	689	347	342	-	171	-	171	833	-
Ryston With Roxham CP/AP	606	43	44	21	23	-	11	-	11	53	-
Runcton Holme Ch/Hmlt/CP	1,093	189	210	98	112	-	56	-	56	280	-
Ryston AP/CP	599	46	32	14	18	-	8	-	8	68	-
Shouldham CP/AP	3,965	447	448	220	228	-	126	-	126	630	-
Shouldham Thorpe CP/AP	1,452	246	248	136	112	-	59	-	58	299	-
Southery AP/CP	3,853	1,029	1,045	561	484	-	286	-	282	1,409	-
Runcton Holme CP/AP	836	127	121	62	59	-	31	-	31	155	-
Stoke Ferry CP/AP	2,298	589	610	296	314	-	160	-	158	899	-
Stow Bardolph AP/CP	6,094	1,234	1,182	601	581	-	317	-	313	1,611	-
Stradsett AP/CP	1,346	105	99	53	46	-	23	-	23	144	-
Tottenhill AP/CP	1,459	264	254	135	119	-	71	-	71	346	-
Wallington With Thorpland AP/CP	1,472	54	45	20	25	-	12	-	12	73	-
Watlington CP/AP	1,692	590	583	281	302	-	154	-	154	809	-
Welney CP	3,485	366	392	206	186	-	97	-	96	511	-
Wereham AP/CP	2,228	464	475	245	230	-	132	-	132	757	-
West Dereham CP/AP	3,341	410	491	262	229	-	137	-	136	674	-
West Welney CP	1,817	531	501	249	252	-	133	-	133	662	-
Wiggenhall St German AP/CP	1,242	540	608	346	262	-	155	-	155	751	-
Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen CP/AP	4,254	728	717	363	354	-	196	-	196	980	-
Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin CP/AP	2,767	269	302	148	154	-	80	-	79	451	-
Wiggenhall St Peter CP/AP	894	201	184	97	87	-	47	-	47	248	-
Wimbotsham CP/AP	1,578	507	553	274	279	-	155	-	155	792	-
Wormegay CP/AP	3,012	378	344	177	167	-	93	-	93	467	-
Wretton CP/AP	1,031	317	308	167	141	-	83	-	83	423	-
Feltwell CP/AP	13,284	1,384	1,314	666	648	-	354	-	351	1,619	-
Hockwold Cum Wilton CP	7,671	693	783	407	376	-	208	-	207	1,003	-
Methwold CP/AP	13,370	1,195	1,296	669	627	-	322	-	321	1,695	-
Northwold CP/AP	5,283	1,105	1,090	539	551	-	301	-	301	1,536	-

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

Rate	Date
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1931
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1931

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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