Persons (1-15up) per Room (1-10up)

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Household Size (1-15up) 1911
1 368 Show data context
2 1,220 Show data context
3 1,430 Show data context
4 1,417 Show data context
5 1,106 Show data context
6 763 Show data context
7 460 Show data context
8 326 Show data context
9 193 Show data context
10 104 Show data context
11 46 Show data context
12 29 Show data context
13 13 Show data context
14 3 Show data context
15 up 3 Show data context
Date: Source:
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Housing, Table 2 , 'Tenements in the Occupation of Private Families. - Classified by Number of Rooms and by Numbers of Occupants, in each Administrative County and in the Aggregates of Urban Districts (exclusive of County Boroughs) and of Rural Districts; also in Urban Districts (other than County Boroughs) and in Rural Districts, 1911'

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This industrial classification was used in the Industry Reports of both the 1931 Census of England and Wales and the 1931 Census of Scotland, and it is always broken down by gender. The classification is defined in Census 1931: Classification of Industries (London: H.M.S.O., 1929), which notes "The Industrial Classification is based strictly on the nature of the product, or, in the case of non-manufacturing industries, on the type o service rendered, and no consideration of personal occupation enters int...


o it." (p. i). Some Orders were broken down into Sub-Orders, and all were then divided into "Groups", but the latter were listed only for counties and large towns.


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Date accessed: 29th September 2024