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	Pontefract	List for West Riding 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]
Pontefract RegD/PLU Total	66,135	5,842	351	48	6,353	469	31	17,967	20,717	23,771	25,045	28,003	29,937	8,794	10,127	11,866	12,469	13,965	14,938	9,173	10,590	11,905	12,576	14,038	14,999
Kippax SubD	15,923	1,338	39	8	1,483	43	15	3,969	4,608	5,155	5,511	6,734	7,199	1,997	2,294	2,647	2,805	3,522	3,698	1,972	2,314	2,508	2,706	3,212	3,501
Knottingley SubD	21,118	2,175	192	21	2,252	264	9	6,427	7,769	8,895	9,021	10,154	10,113	3,223	3,889	4,502	4,534	5,006	4,990	3,204	3,880	4,393	4,487	5,148	5,123
Whitley SubD	13,407	381	14	0	397	23	0	1,481	1,533	1,605	1,723	1,889	1,934	736	746	802	884	975	983	745	787	803	839	914	951
Pontefract SubD	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

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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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