Year	Occupied	Vacant	Under Construction
1831	15,039	352	131
1851	15,941	321	121
1871	15,713	436	65
1901	16,049	841	118
1911	16,118	949	89
1913	16,118	949	89
1921	15,754	943	119
1931	15,351	1,113
1951	16,337	1,269

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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