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GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE

CENSUS 1961

ENGLAND AND WALES

PRELIMINARY
REPORT

(Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1),
Census Act, 1920)

LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE
1961

Contents

	PART I	Page
Introduction		1

	PART II
Statistical Notes		5

	PART III TABLES
Table 1	England and Wales: Population 1801-1961 Persons, males and females: increase in each intercensal period: increase per cent per year: number of females to 1,000 males.	13
Table 2	England and Wales: Regions, Conurbations, Urban/rural aggregates, Counties, Administrative Counties, County aggregates, County Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs, M.Bs. and U.Ds., Rural Districts and New Towns: Population and Acreage Acreage: Persons, males and females, 1961 and 1951: amount and rate of intercensal change.	14
Table 3	England and Wales: Regions, Conurbations, Urban/rural aggregates, Counties, Administrative Counties, County aggregates, County Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs, M.Bs. and U.Ds., Rural Districts and New Towns: Private Households and Dwellings Private Households 1961 and 1951: amount and rate of intercensal change: private dwellings 1961 and 1951: amount and rate of intercensal change.	40
Table 4	Counties: Population 1931-1961 Counties arranged according to the rates of change in the period 1951-1961: population 1931, 1939 (mid-year estimate), 1951 and 1961: change per cent per year 1931-1939, 1939-1951 and 1951-1961.	71
Table 5	Towns with Population over 50,000 in 1961 Towns arranged according to size in 1961. Population 1931, 1939 (mid-year estimates) 1951 and 1961: change per cent per year 1931-1939, 1939-1951 and 1951-1961.	72
Table 6	British Isles: Populations 1841-1961 England, Wales, England and Wales, Scotland, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and associated Islands, Irish Republic, Total: Population, persons, males and females.	75
Table 7	British Isles: Intercensal change per cent per year 1841-1961 England, Wales, England and Wales, Scotland, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and associated Islands, Irish Republic, Total: intercensal change 1841-1961.	76
Appendix A	Constitution of Standard Regions	77
Appendix B	Constitution of Conurbations	77
Appendix C	Extract from the Census Order, 1960	79

1961 Census of England and Wales, Preliminary Report (Laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 4 (1), Census Act, 1920) (H.M.S.O., 1961),