Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: County Report

1951 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: Scotland: City and County Parts: City of Edinburgh), Table 1 : " Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931 for Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs".

List for top level	Scotland

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	Population	Census Schedules Completed [2]	All Residential Establishments		Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [5]
	Females [1]	Census Schedules Completed [2]	Occupied [3]	Unoccupied [4]	Rooms (Occupied Establishments only) [5]
Scotland Dep Total	2,517,457	1,195,065	1,149,267	47,976	3,792,735
Aberdeen ScoCofC	91,749	42,914	40,619	756	133,299
Dundee ScoCofC	97,638	47,442	46,662	900	126,520
Edinburgh ScoCofC	239,660	114,113	105,986	3,253	389,411
Glasgow ScoCofC	566,425	266,572	257,172	6,492	705,720
Aberdeenshire ScoCnty	73,672	34,678	33,585	1,602	144,455
Angus ScoCnty	49,971	25,717	25,309	1,846	89,448
Argyll ScoCnty	32,594	16,484	15,910	2,848	70,999
Ayrshire ScoCnty	148,559	68,681	66,010	3,133	213,488
Banffshire ScoCnty	28,338	13,257	12,505	615	53,099
Berwickshire ScoCnty	13,840	7,278	7,153	558	28,792
Buteshire ScoCnty	10,670	5,090	4,947	2,058	23,080
Caithness ScoCnty	13,185	6,691	6,352	515	24,401
Clackmannanshire ScoCnty	16,757	8,207	8,058	312	24,596
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty	42,741	20,451	19,913	981	80,450
Dunbartonshire ScoCnty	75,137	34,366	33,538	1,213	106,519
East Lothian ScoCnty	24,337	11,416	11,017	827	43,703
Fife ScoCnty	141,853	70,456	67,866	3,688	222,364
Inverness Shire ScoCnty	40,999	20,003	18,984	1,384	85,264
Kincardineshire ScoCnty	13,922	6,973	6,752	558	29,439
Kinross Shire ScoCnty	3,905	1,996	1,949	187	8,052
Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty	15,617	7,734	7,550	602	36,361
Lanarkshire ScoCnty	245,361	111,417	107,521	2,717	295,647
Midlothian ScoCnty	43,245	20,557	19,768	656	64,340
Moray ScoCnty	21,435	10,445	9,948	610	45,831
Nairnshire ScoCnty	4,385	2,138	2,058	144	10,160
Orkney ScoCnty	11,460	5,929	5,773	433	20,769
Peebles Shire ScoCnty	8,229	4,112	4,018	288	16,061
Perthshire ScoCnty	64,141	32,505	31,365	2,322	135,491
Renfrewshire ScoCnty	149,941	68,049	65,747	1,759	196,348
Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty	32,979	16,069	15,351	1,113	63,375
Roxburghshire ScoCnty	24,897	12,486	12,175	583	46,602
Selkirkshire ScoCnty	12,352	6,341	6,231	195	20,910
Stirlingshire ScoCnty	82,622	39,035	37,478	1,126	118,902
Sutherland ScoCnty	8,136	4,354	4,203	376	19,786
West Lothian ScoCnty	39,438	18,285	17,391	406	48,256
Wigtownshire ScoCnty	15,391	7,191	6,955	512	32,399
Shetland ScoCnty	11,876	5,633	5,448	408	18,398

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	These figures [for rooms] exclude hospitals, nursing homes, institutions and service barracks.
2	[Unoccupied rooms] Includes sub-let rooms in occupied houses.

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