Dunmurry Town : Literacy by Gender

Literacy by Gender

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Data cube chart.

Data cube chart.

Data for 1841 Sex
Whether able to read & write Male Female
Able to read & write 63 Show data context 37 Show data context
Able to read but not write 19 Show data context 43 Show data context
Unable to read or write 5 Show data context 6 Show data context
Data for 1851 Sex
Whether able to read & write Male Female
Able to read & write 67 Show data context 56 Show data context
Able to read but not write 17 Show data context 53 Show data context
Unable to read or write 4 Show data context 10 Show data context
Data for 1861 Sex
Whether able to read & write Male Female
Able to read & write 101 Show data context 104 Show data context
Able to read but not write 32 Show data context 93 Show data context
Unable to read or write 14 Show data context 25 Show data context

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From 1961 the census has gathered data on whether households owned or rented their homes, and if rented whom from. Here we present a simple classification which is possible for all dates. It is based on counts of households, rather than of persons within households. Note that, because of how the 1971 Census reported tenure, housing rented from Housing Associations has to be included with private rentals, separately from "council housing".


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Dunmurry Town through time | Historical Statistics on Learning & Language | Literacy by Gender, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/13415031/cube/READ_WRITE_SEX_5UP

Date accessed: 09th June 2026