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Year Occupied Vacant Under Construction
1831 19,200 Show data context 940 Show data context 81 Show data context
1851 5,091 Show data context 55 Show data context 56 Show data context
1871 18,467 Show data context 322 Show data context 363 Show data context
1901 115,833 Show data context 5,705 Show data context 1,155 Show data context
1911 117,997 Show data context 15,572 Show data context 210 Show data context
1913 117,997 Show data context 15,572 Show data context 210 Show data context
1921 127,422 Show data context 5,362 Show data context 1,205 Show data context
1931 137,707 Show data context 3,210 Show data context
1951 147,567 Show data context 2,605 Show data context
Date: Source:
1831 1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1871 1871 Census of Scotland, Population summary, 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'
1901 1901 Census of Scotland, General Report vol. 1, Table 1 _1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, the Parishes being in alphabetical order under each County and arranged in two sub-divisions: 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 Persons aged three years and upwards, speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows, for each Parish, on 31st March, 1901; and for comparison, the number of Families, Houses, Males, Females, and both Sexes, and Rooms with Windows in 1891'
1911 - 1913 1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Civil Parishes'
1921 1921 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, County Public Health Districts, and Civil Parishes of XXXXX in 1921 and in 1911'
1931 1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and Civil Parishes'
1951 1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'

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