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".

List for top level	Colchester	List for Essex RegC

click on 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]
Colchester RegD/PLU Total	11,200	3,865	250	43	4,145	312	15	11,520	12,544	14,016	16,167	17,790	19,443	5,012	5,400	6,500	7,471	8,168	8,853	6,508	7,144	7,516	8,696	9,622	10,590
Colchester First Ward SubD	11,200	1,591	67	14	1,668	119	11	4,338	4,782	5,246	6,234	7,176	7,851	1,910	1,999	2,371	2,853	3,266	3,537	2,428	2,783	2,875	3,381	3,910	4,314
Colchester Second Ward SubD	-	1,086	76	13	1,218	78	2	3,410	3,651	4,295	4,991	5,347	5,832	1,534	1,622	2,041	2,325	2,485	2,707	1,876	2,029	2,254	2,666	2,862	3,125
Colchester Third Ward SubD	-	1,188	107	16	1,259	115	2	3,772	4,111	4,475	4,942	5,267	5,760	1,568	1,779	2,088	2,293	2,417	2,609	2,204	2,332	2,387	2,649	2,850	3,151

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