Comparative Table showing principal particulars relating to the Habitations of he People at each Census since the Year 1841., NUMERICAL.
| Dwellings, &c. |
Census Years. |
| 1841 |
1847 |
1851 |
1857 |
1861 |
1870 |
1881 |
1891 |
1901 |
| Dwellings— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total number |
7,758 |
10,187 |
11,844 |
15,018 |
18,593 |
20,364 |
23,529 |
29,801 |
36,470 |
| Per square mile |
0.26 |
0.36 |
0.43 |
0.55 |
0.67 |
0.69 |
0.83 |
1.07 |
1.30 |
| Persons to each inhabited dwelling |
7.32 |
7.37 |
6.25 |
5.71 |
5.12 |
5.50 |
5.26 |
5.23 |
5.05 |
| Occupancy :— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Inhabited |
6,859 |
9,519 |
11,245 |
14,273 |
17,566 |
18,448 |
21,858 |
28,024 |
34,165 |
| Uninhabited |
297 |
95 |
38 |
122 |
944 |
2,146 |
1,533 |
1,588 |
2,187 |
| Being built |
602 |
573 |
561 |
423 |
83 |
170 |
138 |
189 |
118 |
| Increase in inhabited houses since previous Census |
|
2,660 |
1,726 |
3,028 |
3,293 |
482 |
3,810 |
6,166 |
6,141 |
| Description (Materials) :— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brick and stone |
3,459 |
4,963 |
5,723 |
6,760 |
7,417 |
7,844 |
7,672 |
8,452 |
8,059 |
| Wood, Iron, &c. |
3,489 |
5,224 |
6,121 |
8,258 |
11,176 |
12,421 |
14,041 |
19,231 |
23,653 |
| Canvas, tents, bark huts, &c. |
|
|
|
|
|
99 |
1,177 |
1,809 |
2,173 |
| Total specified |
6,948 |
10,187 |
11,844 |
15,018 |
18,593 |
20,364 |
22,890 |
29,692 |
33,885 |
| Unspecified |
810 |
|
|
|
|
|
639 |
309 |
2,585 |
| Total |
7,758 |
10,187 |
11,844 |
15,018 |
18,593 |
20,364 |
23,529 |
29,801 |
36,470 |
| Rooms (Dwellings having):— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| One room—brick, stone, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,490 |
2,469 |
717 |
| iron, tents, huts, huts, &c. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,245 |
| Two rooms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,674 |
4,092 |
3,529 |
| Three and four rooms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,431 |
11,627 |
13,028 |
| Five and six rooms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,981 |
5,880 |
8,193 |
| Seven and under ten rooms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,954 |
5,413 |
4,158 |
| Ten rooms and over |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,968 |
| Unspecified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
999 |
320 |
2,632 |
| Aggregate number of rooms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
167,198 |
| Rental (annual) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No. |
No. |
| Under £10 No. Dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,128 |
10,724 |
| £10 to £20 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,541 |
11,760 |
| £20 to £30 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,673 |
6,099 |
| £30 to £40 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,386 |
| £40 to £50 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,692 |
1,119 |
| £50 to £60 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
714 |
| £60 to £70 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
288 |
| £70 to £80 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
206 |
| £80 to £90 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
122 |
| £90 to £100 No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45 |
| £100 and over No. dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
460 |
351 |
| Total dwellings specified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,494 |
33,814 |
| Unspecified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,397 |
2,656 |
| Total dwellings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,801 |
36,470 |
| Aggregate rental (annual) :— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£ |
| Under £10 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
52,861 |
| £10 to £20 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
153,856 |
| £20 to £30 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
138,933 |
| £30 to £40 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77,421 |
| £40 to £50 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,931 |
| £50 to £60 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,712 |
| £60 to £70 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,675 |
| £70 to £80 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,897 |
| £80 to £90 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,796 |
| £90 to £100 Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,094 |
| £100 and over Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55,974 |
| Total specified only |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
609,150 |
| Persons living in :— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Houses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
110,368 |
141,627 |
166,528 |
| Huts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,405 |
1,391 |
2,567 |
| Tents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
484 |
2,334 |
1,710 |
| Ships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
697 |
1,103 |
1,388 |
| C&ing out |
|
|
|
|
|
|
81 |
137 |
77 |
| Unspecified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,670 |
75 |
205 |
| Total |
50,216 |
70,164 |
70,130 |
81,492 |
89,977 |
99,328 |
115,705 |
146,667 |
172,475 |