Vision of Britain | 1871 Census: Population summary

1871 Census of Scotland, Population of Scotland with Report: Population of various types of areas, Houses, 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".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Acres. [1]	1871															1861
		Separate Families. [2]	HOUSES			PERSONS			Children from 5 to 13 receiving Education. [9]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [10]	Temporarily Absent			Temporarily Present			Separate Families. [17]	HOUSES			PERSONS			Rooms with one or more Windows. [24]
		Separate Families. [2]	Inhabited. [3]	Uninhabited. [4]	Building. [5]	Males. [6]	Females. [7]	Total. [8]	Children from 5 to 13 receiving Education. [9]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [10]	Males. [11]	Females. [12]	Total. [13]	Males. [14]	Females. [15]	Total. [16]	Separate Families. [17]	Inhabited. [18]	Uninhabited. [19]	Building. [20]	Males. [21]	Females. [22]	Total. [23]	Rooms with one or more Windows. [24]
Shetland ScoCnty Total	-	6,506	5,667	178	11	13,103	18,505	31,608	3,805	11,417	675	53	728	74	66	140	6,327	5,517	75	15	13,053	18,617	31,670	9,966
Bressay ScoP	-	361	318	2	0	740	1,114	1,854	228	533	116	1	117	2	3	5	326	315	3	1	724	1,081	1,805	442
Delting ScoP	-	373	348	10	0	759	1,103	1,862	256	729	34	5	39	13	14	27	377	361	5	1	810	1,165	1,975	611
Dunrossness ScoP	-	897	855	11	0	2,008	2,514	4,522	602	1,429	3	1	4	0	0	0	922	909	4	1	2,113	2,717	4,830	1,322
Fetlar ScoP	-	290	281	17	0	562	848	1,410	192	548	48	9	57	3	3	6	310	292	12	0	581	899	1,480	513
Lerwick ScoP	-	1,010	555	6	4	1,713	2,467	4,180	504	2,013	34	2	36	18	9	27	895	438	4	2	1,458	2,173	3,631	1,638
Yell ScoP	-	396	376	23	1	710	1,133	1,843	273	763	6	0	6	5	5	10	367	350	14	3	710	1,074	1,784	684
Nesting ScoP	-	525	501	12	2	1,160	1,519	2,679	327	907	67	1	68	1	2	3	493	429	6	0	1,079	1,504	2,583	787
Northmaven ScoP	-	479	461	7	0	1,135	1,467	2,602	165	870	11	2	13	9	6	15	470	454	10	1	1,119	1,466	2,585	852
Sandsting ScoP	-	544	516	11	0	1,124	1,682	2,806	298	821	249	11	260	7	7	14	492	475	5	0	1,063	1,607	2,670	580
Tingwall ScoP	-	569	466	13	0	973	1,518	2,491	285	922	42	7	49	14	12	26	602	475	10	2	1,064	1,633	2,697	885
Unst ScoP	-	551	516	57	3	1,166	1,614	2,780	338	1,113	5	4	9	1	4	5	593	557	2	2	1,281	1,779	3,060	1,184
Walls and Sandness ScoP	-	511	474	9	1	1,053	1,526	2,579	337	769	60	10	70	1	1	2	480	462	0	2	1,051	1,519	2,570	468

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

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1861
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1871
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1871
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1871

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