Aberdeen Parish : Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses

R_HOUS_CON = (HOUSE_OCCUPANCY:const * 100.0) / HOUSES:total

Data Role Period Covered Authority Source Details Method
HOUSE_OCCUPANCY:const 1831 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
HOUSE_OCCUPANCY:const 1851 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
HOUSE_OCCUPANCY:const 1871 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1871 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
HOUSE_OCCUPANCY:const 1881 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1881 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, the number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons speaking Gaelic habitually; the number of Rooms with Windows; and the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or Subdivision thereof on the 4th April 1881. For comparison there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms with Windows in 1871' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
HOUSE_OCCUPANCY:const 1901 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1901 Census of Scotland, General Report vol. 1, Table 1 _1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, the Parishes being in alphabetical order under each County and arranged in two sub-divisions: The number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons aged three years and upwards, speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows, for each Parish, on 31st March, 1901; and for comparison, the number of Families, Houses, Males, Females, and both Sexes, and Rooms with Windows in 1891' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area

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While detailed statistics on housing density and amenities were not gathered until much later, some of the earliest censuses allow us to map houses under construction, and so identify areas where settlements were expanding rapidly.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Aberdeen Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Housing | Rate: Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10036070/cube/HOUS_CON

Date accessed: 08th April 2026