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]
Selkirkshire ScoCnty Total	164,545	2,890	1,741	59	19	6,731	7,274	14,005	2,084	8,799	38	53	91	69	68	137	2,237	1,468	36	9	5,097	5,352	10,449	6,340
Stow ScoP	36,832	449	387	37	4	1,187	1,119	2,306	352	1,689	12	14	26	9	21	30	416	354	13	3	1,125	1,046	2,171	1,520
Innerleithen ScoP	23,981	555	307	8	3	1,306	1,506	2,812	418	1,867	4	15	19	53	28	81	371	232	11	3	885	938	1,823	1,245
Peebles ScoP	16,597	730	609	25	8	1,466	1,706	3,172	526	2,666	7	4	11	13	13	26	640	479	25	7	1,387	1,463	2,850	2,159
Ashkirk ScoP	11,708	95	92	14	3	272	278	550	105	388	6	6	12	11	11	22	106	104	4	0	283	295	578	354
Ettrick ScoP	42,387	86	81	1	1	212	222	434	58	366	3	4	7	7	5	12	81	79	6	0	216	238	454	383
Galashiels ScoP	8,440	1,216	598	12	8	2,908	3,154	6,062	881	3,428	14	17	31	23	30	53	727	429	5	1	1,593	1,786	3,379	1,765
Kirkhope ScoP	22,724	114	107	4	0	280	285	565	104	381	4	4	8	3	5	8	114	109	3	1	268	287	555	312
Roberton ScoP	29,419	116	112	11	0	291	302	593	90	490	3	4	7	8	4	12	116	112	7	0	314	326	640	475
Selkirk ScoP	22,558	1,209	708	19	7	2,673	2,960	5,633	820	3,595	14	20	34	19	23	42	1,048	607	13	5	2,347	2,392	4,739	2,811
Yarrow ScoP	41,046	139	128	4	0	327	327	654	107	518	1	3	4	10	4	14	143	131	6	2	331	312	643	541
Melrose ScoP	25,794	1,988	1,222	29	22	4,504	4,928	9,432	1,357	6,227	11	13	24	52	40	92	1,700	1,057	23	17	3,653	4,001	7,654	5,388

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