Wiltshire Poor Law/Registration County : House Occupancy

House Occupancy

Data cube chart.

Year Occupied Vacant Under Construction
1841 47,631 Show data context 2,042 Show data context 245 Show data context
1851 49,007 Show data context 2,210 Show data context 172 Show data context
1881 53,605 Show data context 3,791 Show data context 216 Show data context
1891 55,190 Show data context 3,837 Show data context 266 Show data context
1901 58,892 Show data context 4,831 Show data context 414 Show data context
Date Source
1841 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'

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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wiltshire Poor Law/Registration County through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | House Occupancy, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10024924/cube/HOUSE_OCCUPANCY

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026