Vision of Britain | 1971 Census: County Report Part I

1971 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I (Sample Report Title: Census 1971: England and Wales: County Report: (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act 1920) Bedfordshire Part I), Table 3 : " Area, population, private households and occupied rooms for AC, LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con Centres, NT".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area (Hectares) [1]	Population
		1961	1971
		Total [2]	Total [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons per Hectare [6]
Dorset AdmC Total	253,237	313,580	361,919	173,293	188,626	1
Blandford Forum MB	103	3,566	3,647	1,722	1,925	35
Bridport MB	310	6,530	6,369	2,876	3,493	20
Dorchester MB	677	12,263	13,736	6,608	7,128	20
Lyme Regis MB	500	3,526	3,403	1,504	1,899	6
Poole MB	6,378	92,111	107,161	50,560	56,601	16
Portland UD	1,203	11,569	12,329	6,721	5,608	10
Shaftesbury MB	435	3,372	3,976	1,848	2,128	9
Sherborne UD	667	6,053	7,272	3,409	3,863	10
Swanage UD	1,120	8,120	8,556	3,774	4,782	7
Wareham MB	285	3,098	4,368	2,096	2,272	15
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB	2,950	41,045	42,349	19,716	22,633	14
Wimborne Minster UD	265	4,158	4,997	2,306	2,691	18
Beaminster RD	24,235	8,275	8,297	4,004	4,293	0
Blandford RD	24,980	10,300	13,275	6,885	6,390	0
Bridport RD	12,949	7,814	8,775	3,964	4,811	0
Dorchester RD	52,050	18,020	19,445	9,548	9,897	0
Shaftesbury RD	16,994	9,271	10,726	5,432	5,294	0
Sherborne RD	16,915	5,877	6,770	3,331	3,439	0
Sturminster RD	18,359	9,630	10,724	4,963	5,761	0
Wareham and Purbeck RD	39,143	20,861	23,767	11,772	11,995	0
Wimborne and Cranborne RD	32,719	28,121	41,977	20,254	21,723	1

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