Search results
The UK 1901 Census. Each householder was required to complete a census schedule giving the address of the household, and the names, ages, sex, occupations and places of birth of each individual residing in his or her accommodation. In 1851, householders were asked to give more precise details of the places of birth of each resident, to state ...
- 1921 Census
The censuses from 1921 onwards were taken under the Census...
- Free Search
Find your ancestors in the 1841-1911 Census using our free...
- 1921 Census
1901 Census of England and Wales, Preliminary Report and Tables of the Population and Houses enumerated in England and Wales and in the Islands of the British Seas on 1st April 1901 (1901 XC (Cd. 616) 1), Previous Selection.
People also ask
What was the United Kingdom Census 1901?
How many people were born in the UK in 1901?
What was the proportion of people living in England and Wales in 1901?
How many people were blind in the UK in 1901?
- Population and Rates of increase.
- Sexes, Ages, and Condition as to Marriage.
- Occupations.
- Occupations of males.
- Occupations of females.
- Birth-Places of The population.
- Physical infirmities.
- Institutions.
- Natives of The United Kingdom Abroad at The Date of The Census.
Although our responsibility for the enumeration of the people in England and Wales in 1901, the tabulation of the results, and the presentation of our Report thereon now draws to a close, it will probably be opportune and convenient to collate the main facts and give a short summary of the Census of the whole of the United Kingdom.
Proportion between the Sexes
Of the 41,458,721 persons who were enumerated in the United Kingdom, 20,102,408 were males and 21,356,313 were females. The females therefore exceeded the males by 1,253,905 and averaged 1,062 to every 1,001) males. There were, however, considerable differences in this respect between the three divisions of the United Kingdom; the proportion of females to 1,000 males being 1,068 in England and Wales, 1,057 in Scotland, and as low as 1,027 in Ireland. If, however, the natives of the United Kin...
Ages of the Population
The population at the various groups of ages enumerated in the United Kingdom in 1901, together with the proportions to a million persons at all ages, were as follows:—
Changes in the age distribution of the population
The age-distribution of the population at the Census of 1891 showed some variation from that prevailing at any previous Census, and this tendency became further marked at the Census of 1901; the most notable feature of these changes being the decline in the proportion borne by the children under 10 years of age to the total population and the consequent counterbalancing increase at the later ages. The proportion of children under 10 years of age, in the population of the United Kingdom, which...
Occupations of the people in the United Kingdom and in its three divisions
In Appendix A to this Report a Table (No.35) is given showing the Occupations of the Inhabitants of the United Kingdom and its three Divisions for the years 1881, 1891 and 1901, and the proportions of the population aged 10 years and upwards engaged in such Occupations. As explained in the note to that Table, the classification of the Occupations of the People, which was almost identical throughout the United Kingdom in 1881, was modified in England and Wales and in Scotland in 1891, and cons...
Proportion of Males and Females engaged in Occupations
The proportions of Males and Females aged 10 years and upwards classed as engaged in Occupations in the United Kingdom and its three divisions in 1881, in 1891, and in 1901, were as follows:— PROPORTIONS PER CENT. OF MALES AND FEMALES ENGAGED IN OCCUPATIONS, 1881, 1891 AND 1901. The proportion of Occupied Males in the population has slightly increased during the last decennium in each division of the United Kingdom, while the proportion of Occupied Females, which showed but a moderate decline...
Agricultural Class
Judged by the numbers engaged therein, the Agricultural Industry is the most important in the United Kingdom. In. 1881 there were enumerated under the various headings that are placed together to form the Agricultural Class 2,362,331 males; in 3891 the number had fallen to 2,249,756, the decrease being 4.8 per cent., and in 1901 it had further fallen to 2,109,812, showing a decrease of 6.2 per cent. The proportion borne by males engaged in Agriculture to the total male population of the Unite...
Building Trades
The next group, in order of numerical importance, is that of persons engaged in the building trades: it includes bricklayers and their labourers, masons and their labourers, carpenters and joiners, painters, plasterers, paperhangers, decorators plumbers, glaziers, &c; in 1881 there were enumerated under these several headings 831,394 males; this number had increased to 833,738 in 1891, or by 0.3 per cent.; in 1901 it had further increased to 1,130,425, or by as much as 35.6 per cent. in the l...
Metal Trades
The workers in Metals, Machines and Implements, comprising those engaged in the manufacture of Iron and Steel and other Metals, those engaged in Engineering and Machine making, the makers of Tools and others engaged in the miscellaneous Metal Trades, increased from 775,342 in 1881 to 887,371 in 1891, or by 14.4 per cent.; the number further rose to 1,118,747 in 1901, having increased in the last decennium by 26.1 per cent. The proportion borne by the numbers engaged in these occupations to th...
Domestic Servants
An examination of the Tables giving the numbers of Females returned as engaged in definite occupations shows that Domestic Indoor Service stands first in order of numerical importance. The number returned under this heading increased from 1,595,678 in 1881 to 1,748,954 in 1891 or by 9.6 per cent.; in 1901, however, it had declined to 1,641,154, a decrease of 6.2 per cent. in the 10 years 1891-1901. In England and Wales the decline in the number of Domestic Servants in the decennium 1891-1901...
Workers and Dealers in Dress
The Female Workers and Dealers in Dress, comprising Dressmakers, Milliners, Shirtmakers, Seamstresses, Machinists, &c., but excluding Drapers, increased from 792,712 in 1881 to 881,647 in 1891, or by 11.2 per cent.; the number further rose to 903,646 in 1901 showing an increase in the last decennium of 2.5 per cent. In England and Wales the increase in the number employed in the ten years 1891-1901 was 25,972 or 3.8 per cent.; in Scotland it was 3,685 or 4.7 per cent., while there was in Irel...
Textile Industries
Under the heading of Textile Industries, including the "Workers in Cotton and Flax, in Wool and Worsted, in Silk and Hemp, and in other Fibrous materials, the Textile Dyers and Bleachers, and the Drapers and other dealers in Textile fabrics, 828,232 Females were enumerated in 1881. The number had increased to 879,529 in 1891, or by 6.2 percent.; in 1901, however, it had declined to 867,259, the decrease being 1.4 per cent. in the last decennium. The proportion borne by the number of Females e...
General composition of the Population
Of the 41,458,721 persons enumerated in 1901 in the United Kingdom, 40,871,473, or 98.58 per cent., were born within its limits, viz., 75.93 per cent. in England and Wales, 10.69 per cent. in Scotland and 11.96 per cent. in Ireland. Of the remaining 587,248 persons, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands4contributed 36,821 persons, or 0.09 per cent. of the entire population, the British Colonies and India 160,060 persons, or 0.39 per cent.; 4,532, or 0.01 per cent., were born at sea; whiles...
The total number of persons returned on the Census Schedules as afflicted by blindness in the United Kingdom in 1901 was 32,823, of whom 16,935 were males and 15,888 were females. The proportion of blind persons in a million of the population was 792, equivalent to one in every 1,263 persons enumerated. Among males and females the proportions of bl...
Number of indoor Paupers
There were enumerated on Census Day in the United Kingdom 264,922 persons, or 6,390 per million living, who were inmates of Workhouses. Workhouse Infirmaries, and Workhouse Schools; as compared with 228,550, or 6,057 per million, in 1891; there was thus a relative increase in the past decennium of 5.5 per cent. in the number of .persons in receipt of indoor relief. The proportion of persons enumerated in Workhouse Establishments per million living was no less than 9,654 in Ireland, and 6,415...
Inmates of Hospitals
The total number of patients in Hospitals in the United Kingdom at the date of the Census was 54,246, being in the proportion of 1,308 per million of the population; in 1891 the proportion had been 991, the relative increase in the intercensal period being 32.0 per cent. The proportion per million was highest in Scotland where it reached 1,775, it was 1,292 in England and Wales-and as low as 960 in Ireland.
Inmates of Lunatic Asylums
Of the 177,995 persons returned in the United Kingdom at the Census as suffering from one or other form of mental derangement, 119,770, or 67 per cent., were inmates Of Asylums; in 1891 the inmates of Asylums numbered 91,112, or 68 per cent. of the mentally deranged.
In most of those Countries in which regular Censuses are taken, it has been possible to obtain presumably accurate returns of the numbers of natives of the United Kingdom who were living out of the Country at the date of the Census, but in Countries in which no such systematic enumerations of the people are made we are dependent on more or less app...
Mar 15, 2024 · This collection includes records for the year 1901. The census schedules are arranged by county and then divided by civil parish, while some are further subdivided into smaller enumeration districts, each district being an area that could be enumerated in a day. The information gathered by the census taker is only as reliable as the person who ...
- 31 Mar 1901
- Census
- Churchstanton, Somersetshire, England
- John Smith
General information. Country. United Kingdom. The United Kingdom Census 1901 was the 11th nationwide census conducted in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and was done on 31 March 1901 "relating to the persons returned as living at midnight on Sunday, March 31st". [1]
Natives of England and Wales enumerated in the several Parts of the United Kingdom and in the Islands in the British Seas at each Census, 1851 to 1901. 282. Table 39.—. Of 100,000 Persons enumerated in each Ancient County in 1901, the Proportions Born in England and Wales, in Scotland, in Ireland, and in Other Parts.
This map illustrates three of the registration sub-districts at the time of the 1891 census. The map was annotated for use by the registrars responsible for collecting the census returns...
