Wigan Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) through time | Historical Statistics on Housing

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House Occupancy

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Year	Occupied	Vacant	Under Construction
1841	11,862	844	64
1851	13,965	399	78
1881	25,628	3,099	105
1891	30,349	1,229	236
1901	35,200	1,676	169

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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Wigan Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : House Occupancy

House Occupancy