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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 90 : " Number of Houses (Inhabited, Uninhabited and being Built) at each Census, 1801-1911. Percentage Increase of Population and Inhabited Houses, and proportion of Houses Uninhabited and being Built to Inhabited Houses".
Date of Enumeration. | Number of Houses. | Intercensal Increase per cent. | Proportion to 1,000 Houses. | ||||
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In- habited. | Unin- habited. | Being Built. | Popula- tion. | In- habited Houses. | Unin- habited Houses. | Being Built. | |
1801, March 10th | 1,575,923 | 57,476 | Not returned | | | 36.5 | |
1811, May 27th | 1,797,504 | 51,020 | 16,207 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 28.4 | 9.0 |
1821, May 28th | 2,088,156 | 69,707 | 19,274 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 33.4 | 9.2 |
1831, May 30th | 2,481,544 | 119,915 | 24,759 | 15.8 | 18.8 | 48.3 | 10.0 |
1841, June 7th | 2,943,945 | 173,247 | 27,444 | 14.3 | 18.6 | 58.8 | 9.3 |
1851, March 31st | 3,278,039 | 153,494 | 26,571 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 46.8 | 8.1 |
1861, April 8th | 3,739,505 | 184,694 | 27,305 | 11.9 | 14.0 | 49.4 | 7.3 |
1871, April 3rd | 4,259,117 | 261,345 | 37,803 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 61.4 | 8.9 |
1881, April 4th | 4,831,519 | 386,676 | 46,414 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 80.0 | 9.6 |
1891, April 6th | 5,451,497 | 372,184 | 38,387 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 68.3 | 7.0 |
1901, April 1st | 6,260,852 | 448,932* | 61,909 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 71.7 | 9.9 |
1911, April 3rd | 7,141,781 | 408,652 | 38,178 | 10.9 | 14.1 | 57.2 | 5.3 |
*Of the 448,932 uninhabited houses in 1901, 189,137 were "in occupied," that is, utilised for business or other purposes, but without inmates on the Census night.