Population and Dwellings., TABLE VII.—Summaries at Successive Census Periods.
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1841. |
1847. |
1851. |
1857. |
1861. |
1870. |
1881. |
1891. |
1901. |
| POPULATION AND DWELLINGS. |
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| Population (Numerical)— |
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| Persons |
No. |
50,216 |
70,164 |
70,130 |
81,492 |
89,977 |
99,328 |
115,705 |
146,667 |
172,475 |
| Males |
No. |
34,504 |
47,828 |
43,127 |
45,916 |
49,593 |
52,853 |
61,162 |
77,560 |
89,624 |
| Females |
No. |
15,712 |
22,336 |
25,482 |
34,886 |
40,384 |
46,475 |
54,543 |
69,107 |
82,851 |
| Population (Centesimal)— |
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| Persons |
per cent. |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Males |
per cent. |
68.70 |
68.17 |
61.50 |
56.35 |
55.12 |
53.21 |
52.86 |
52.88 |
51.96 |
| Females |
per cent. |
31.30 |
31.83 |
38.50 |
43.65 |
44.88 |
46.79 |
47.14 |
47.12 |
48.04 |
| Females to 100 males |
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45.54 |
46.70 |
59.06 |
75.98 |
81.43 |
84.73 |
89.18 |
89.12 |
92.44 |
| Persons to the square mile |
No. |
1.92 |
2.68 |
2.68 |
3.11 |
3.43 |
3.79 |
4.39 |
5.60 |
6.58 |
| Persons to the inhabited dwelling |
No. |
7.32 |
7.37 |
6.25 |
5.71 |
5.12 |
5.50 |
5.26 |
5.23 |
5.05 |
| Percentage Increase or Decrease since last Census— |
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| Decennial Rate |
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63.46 |
-0.15 |
26.64 |
25.91 |
11.76 |
14.78 |
26.73 |
17.60 |
| Annual Rate |
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5.45 |
-0.00 |
2.50 |
2.44 |
1.13 |
1.38 |
2.36 |
2.09 |
| Dwellings— |
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| Inhabited Dwellings : |
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| No |
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6,859 |
9,519 |
11,245 |
14,273 |
17,566 |
18,048 |
21,858 |
28,024 |
34,165 |
| To the square mile |
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0.26 |
0.36 |
0.43 |
0.55 |
0.67 |
0.69 |
0.83 |
1.07 |
1.30 |
| Having 1 room |
per cent. |
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6.61 |
8.38 |
8.75 |
| More than 1 room |
per cent. |
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93.39 |
91.62 |
91.25 |
| Under £20 rental |
per cent. |
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65.51 |
66.50 |
| £20 and over £20 rental |
per cent. |
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34.49 |
33.50 |