Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Population tables 2

1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2 (Sample Report Title: Population Tables I. Number of Inhabitants in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851: Report: Objects of census and machinery employed; results and observations; appendix of tabular results, and summary tables: England and Wales, Divisions I to VII. Area, houses, 1841 and 1851; Population, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851), Table [1] : " Population Abstract".

Show top level table	Pontefract	Show Pontefract RegD/PLU table

Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
		1841			1851			Persons						Males						Females
		Inhabited [2]	Uninhabited [3]	Building [4]	Inhabited [5]	Uninhabited [6]	Building [7]	1801 [8]	1811 [9]	1821 [10]	1831 [11]	1841 [12]	1851 [13]	1801 [14]	1811 [15]	1821 [16]	1831 [17]	1841 [18]	1851 [19]	1801 [20]	1811 [21]	1821 [22]	1831 [23]	1841 [24]	1851 [25]
Pontefract SubD Total	15,687	1,948	106	19	2,221	139	7	6,090	6,807	8,116	8,790	9,226	10,691	2,838	3,198	3,915	4,246	4,462	5,267	3,252	3,609	4,201	4,544	4,764	5,424
Darrington CP/AP	4,820	126	6	0	122	9	0	480	444	619	619	668	617	224	232	304	319	315	299	256	212	315	300	353	318
Pontefract AP/CP	3,254	1,202	76	6	1,276	71	5	3,587	4,166	5,071	5,588	5,547	6,135	1,609	1,873	2,378	2,609	2,627	2,935	1,978	2,293	2,693	2,979	2,920	3,200
Pontefract Park CP/ExP	1,300	13	0	0	13	2	0	47	50	47	51	96	84	23	24	23	21	52	44	24	26	24	30	44	40
Featherstone Tn/AP/CP	4,273	215	9	6	263	20	0	801	848	945	945	1,065	1,274	388	423	472	475	541	668	413	425	473	470	524	606

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Pontefract SubD:

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1811
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1821
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1831
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1831
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1841
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1841
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1851
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1851
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1851

This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

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