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
33
14-2
17-6
16-8
11-4
52
11-1 102
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