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 AREA AND POPULATION

19

Areas in

Census

Population

Estimated

Statute Acres, 1911

Population

1901

1911

1919

Esi;hm>— tontinued.

8nnderland(C.B.).

1 ■'■■

146,077

151,159

K5,4S8

45,006

Trnemouth (C.B.).

4.372

58.S16

Wakefield. Citv of iC.B.)

4060

51,511

Wallasev (C.B.)


 * ,?H9

53,579

M

Wallsenrt ...

3.4*0

31.602

41.4*1

Walsall (C.B ) ....

86,430

92.115

Warrinsrton (C.B.).

3057

64,242

West Bromwich (C.B.).

6,869

68,332

'-

West Ham (C.B.)

4,6-3 2.684

62.627

289.'

'-'•'"•"■ ■

West Hartlepool (CB.).

Wigan (C.B.).

5,083

•

Wimbledon ....

3,0*21

41,652

5*. 966

Wolverhampton (C.B.).

94,187

.•07

Worcester, CitT of (C. B. )

3,185

46,624

York, City of (C.B.)

3,730

77.914

uju

Wale*

212,9*2

Cardiff, Citv of (C.B)

MerthyrTvdnl(C.B.)

17,761

69,228

■L^ttO

Swansea C.B.)

5,202

94,537

114.663

16. ,516

The number of married persons in 1911 was 13,126,070 (6,495.786 males and 6,630,284 females), and widowed 1,980,615 (615,811 males and 1,364,804 females).

The number of buildings used or intended as dwellings in England and Wales in 1911 was: inhabited, 7,141,781; uninhabited, 408,652; being built, 38,178. In 1901, the numbers were : 6,260,852, 448,932, and 61,909 respectively. 75,604 inhabited blocks of flats (comprising 253,243 separate flats) were enumerated in 1911. The average number of persons per inhabited building was 5 - 05 in 1911. against 5 - 20 in 1901. Buildings not used as dwellings in 1911 included 49,970 places of worship, 10,533 government and municipal buildings, and 3,050 theatres and other places of amusement.

Assuming that the population of urban sanitary districts is urban, and the population outside such districts rural, the following table shows the distribu- tion of the urban and rural population of England and Wales in 1901 and 1911 , their percentage of increase during the decennium, and percentage of popu- lation living in the different classes of towns : —

Popnlation of Districts

Xo. of Districts

Aggregate population

250,000 and upwards

100,000—250.000.

50,000—100,000.

20,000— 50,000.

10.000— 20.000.

3,000— 10,000 Under 3,000.

Total Urban Rural

Total Population

1901

1911

Percentage Percentage

of of Popula-

increase ! tion in 1911

12 32 53 148 231 458 203

S.S59.683 3.981,499 3,045,692

2,787,843

2,373.186

370,386

9.147,488 ,

«,Mff,S04

8,566.927

3,256,011 2.643.73S

1.137 25,351,118 28,161936

657 7,176,725 7,907,556

— 32,527,843 ; 36,070,492

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17-6

16-8

11-4

52

11-1 102

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