Population report, Scotland, Vol. I, 1881
Table of Contents
(Pages i-vi) Contents
(10 pages)
I. Report
I. Report(Page ix) Authority for taking census of 1881
(Page ix) Local officials employed
(Page ix) Complete acreage of Scotland supplied by directors of Ordnance Survey
(Page ix) Sources of information relative to local divisions and boundaries
(Page x) Enumeration of persons on board vessels
(Page x) Interim report superseded
(Page x) Plan of publication of abstracts
(Page x) New definition of the term 'house'
(Page xi) School board counties and districts
(Page xi) Persons who speak Gaelic habitually
(Page xii) Migration of population
(Page xii) Summary of the ten series of tables
(Page xiii) Number of the population of Scotland
(Page xiii) Increase of population
(Page xiii) Doubling period of the population
(Page xiii) Increase and decrease of population in the divisions, of Scotland
(Page xiv) Increase and decrease of population in the county of Scotland
(Page xiv) Grouping population in town, village and rural districts
(Page xiv) Distribution of the population over area
(Page xv) Grouping population in town, village and rural districts
(Page xv) Houses and families of different sizes
(Page xvi) Public institutions
(Page xvi) Work still in progress
(16 pages) II. Tables appended to the report
II. Tables appended to the report(Page xviii) Table 1. Population of Scotland at decimal periods since 1801
(Page xviii) Table 2. Population in mainland and Islands of Scotland 1861, 1871 and 1881
(Page xviii) Table 3. Grouping of population in towns, villages and rural districts
(Page xix) Table 4. Sexes and their proportions in Scotland 1801-1881
(Page xix) Table 5. Increase of males and females in decennial periods 1801-1881; with percentage of increase
(Page xix) Table 6. Males and females in Scotland and the proportion of females to every hundred males
(Page xix) Table 7. Sexes in the mainland and insular districts of Scotland in 1871 and 1881; their increase or decrease and proportions
(Page xx) Table 8. Number and proportion of the sexes in the towns, villages and rural districts of Scotland in 1881
(Page xx) Table 9. Families, houses, rooms, and proportion of persons to each in 1881
(Page xx) Table 10. Number of families of different sizes, number of persons in each family, and percentage of families of different sizes to the total families in Scotland in 1871 and 1881
(Page xx) Table 11. Number and proportion of families in houses of different sizes in Scotland in 1871 and 1881
(Page xxi) Table 12. Number of persons speaking Gaelic in Scotland with their percentage to the total population of Scotland in 1881
(Page xxi) Table 13. Public institutions for the healthy, the sick, lunatics, deaf and dumb, and blind, also conventual institutions, military and militia barracks and forts, prisons, reformatories, royal navy, merchant shipping, and vagrants
(Pages xxii-xxiii) Table 14. Population of Scotland enumerated in civil counties in 1831, 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881
(Pages xxiv-xxv) Table 15. Increase of population in the civil divisions and counties of Scotland in decennial periods from 1831 to 1881
(Page xxvi) Table 16. Rates of increase of the population of Scotland in decennial periods from 1831 to 1881
(Page xxvii) Table 17. Area of Scotland in statute acres, and in square miles; with the number of persons to each square mile, the number of acres to each person, and the proximity or calculated average distance in yards between each two persons
(Page xxviii) Table 18. Population, families, houses and rooms in the civil counties of Scotland in 1881, with their several proportions to each other
(Page xxix) Table 19. Population of Scotland, 1881, in civil divisions and counties, excluding the army, navy, and merchant shipping
(Pages xxx-xxxi) Table 20. Householder's schedule
(321 pages) Population tables
Population tables(Pages 1-97) I. 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
I. 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(Pages 2-3) Summary of Scotland, its divisions and counties
(Pages 4-5) Shetland
(Pages 6-7) Orkney
(Pages 8-9) Caithness
(Pages 10-11) Sutherland
(Pages 12-15) Ross and Comarty
(Pages 16-19) Inverness
(Pages 20-21) Nairn
(Pages 22-23) Elgin
(Pages 24-25) Banff
(Pages 26-31) Aberdeen
(Pages 32-33) Kincardine
(Pages 34-37) Forfar
(Pages 38-43) Perth
(Pages 44-49) Fife
(Page 50) Kinross
(Page 51) Clackmannan
(Pages 52-53) Stirling
(Pages 54-55) Dumbarton
(Pages 56-60) Argyll
(Page 61) Bute
(Pages 62-65) Renfrew
(Pages 66-69) Ayr
(Pages 70-75) Lanark
(Pages 76-77) Linlithgow
(Pages 78-81) Edinburgh
(Pages 82-83) Haddington
(Pages 84-85) Berwick
(Page 86) Peebles
(Page 87) Selkirk
(Pages 88-89) Roxburgh
(Pages 90-93) Dumfries
(Pages 94-95) Kirkcudbright
(Pages 96-97) Wigtown
(Pages 99-126) II. The civil counties of Scotland in their ecclesiastical sub-divisions, showing in each the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually; and the number of rooms with windows
II. The civil counties of Scotland in their ecclesiastical sub-divisions, showing in each the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually; and the number of rooms with windows(Page 100) Shetland
(Page 100) Orkney
(Page 100) Caithness
(Page 101) Sutherland
(Page 101) Ross and Comarty
(Page 102) Inverness
(Page 103) Nairn
(Page 103) Elgin
(Pages 103-104) Banff
(Pages 104-107) Aberdeen
(Page 107) Kincardine
(Pages 107-109) Forfar
(Pages 109-111) Perth
(Pages 111-112) Fife
(Page 113) Kinross
(Page 113) Clackmannan
(Pages 113-114) Stirling
(Page 114) Dumbarton
(Pages 114-116) Argyll
(Page 116) Bute
(Pages 116-117) Renfrew
(Pages 117-118) Ayr
(Pages 118-121) Lanark
(Page 121) Linlithgow
(Pages 121-122) Edinburgh
(Pages 122-123) Haddington
(Page 123) Berwick
(Pages 123-124) Peebles
(Page 124) Selkirk
(Pages 124-125) Roxburgh
(Page 125) Dumfries
(Page 126) Kirkcudbright
(Page 126) Wigtown
(Pages 127-155) III. The civil counties of Scotland grouped in town, village, and rural districts, showing the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually, and the number of rooms with windows in 1881. For comparison, there is added the corresponding number of males, females, and both sexes in 1871
III. The civil counties of Scotland grouped in town, village, and rural districts, showing the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually, and the number of rooms with windows in 1881. For comparison, there is added the corresponding number of males, females, and both sexes in 1871(Pages 128-129) Summary of Scotland, its divisions and counties
(Page 130) Shetland
(Page 130) Orkney
(Page 130) Caithness
(Pages 130-131) Sutherland
(Pages 131-132) Ross and Comarty
(Page 132) Inverness
(Page 132) Nairn
(Pages 132-133) Elgin
(Page 133) Banff
(Pages 133-134) Aberdeen
(Page 135) Kincardine
(Pages 135-136) Forfar
(Pages 136-137) Perth
(Pages 137-139) Fife
(Page 139) Kinross
(Pages 139-140) Clackmannan
(Pages 140-141) Stirling
(Pages 141-142) Dumbarton
(Pages 142-143) Argyll
(Page 143) Bute
(Pages 143-144) Renfrew
(Pages 144-146) Ayr
(Pages 146-150) Lanark
(Page 150) Linlithgow
(Pages 150-152) Edinburgh
(Page 152) Haddington
(Pages 152-153) Berwick
(Page 153) Peebles
(Page 153) Selkirk
(Pages 153-154) Roxburgh
(Page 154) Dumfries
(Pages 154-155) Kirkcudbright
(Page 155) Wigtown
(Pages 157-163) IV. The inhabited Islands of Scotland, arranged according to counties, showing the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually, and the number of rooms with windows in 1881. For comparison, there is added the corresponding number of males, females, and both sexes in 1871
(Pages 165-176) V. The parliamentary, royal, and police burghs. Also the parliamentary districts of burghs and of counties, showing the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually, and the number of rooms with windows. Also, in addition, for the parliamentary districts of burghs and districts of counties, the number of electors on the roll, and the number of members returned to parliament
(Pages 177-188) VI. Public institutions, etc., Arranged according to counties, showing the number of males, females, and both sexes in each; also the number of male, female, and total benefited inmates, the male, female, and total officials, and the male, female, and total members of the officials' families, the whole being subdivided into nine series of tables, viz.:-
VI. Public institutions, etc., Arranged according to counties, showing the number of males, females, and both sexes in each; also the number of male, female, and total benefited inmates, the male, female, and total officials, and the male, female, and total members of the officials' families, the whole being subdivided into nine series of tables, viz.:-(Pages 178-179) 1. Infirmaries for the sick
(Pages 179-180) 2. Lunatic asylums and poorhouse lunatic wards
(Pages 180-181) 3. Prisons and police cells
(Page 182) 4. Barracks, castles, forts, etc
(Pages 183-184) 5. Poorhouses
(Pages 184-187) 6. Institutions for the healthy, including hospitals for the education of the young, for orphans, for the blind, for the deaf and dumb, for the aged, monasteries, convents, reformatories, etc
(Page 188) 7. Military, militia, royal navy, Merchant shipping, and vagrants
(Page 188) 8. Nationalities of ships in Scottish ports and waters on 4th April 1881
(Page 188) 9. Persons on board Scottish ship in foreign ports or at sea on 4th April 1881
(Pages 189-199) VII. Explanation of the difference between the civil and registration counties
(Pages 201-260) VIII. Scotland in registration counties and registration districts, the districts being in alphabetical order under each county, arranged in two subdivisions, viz
VIII. Scotland in registration counties and registration districts, the districts being in alphabetical order under each county, arranged in two subdivisions, viz(Pages 202-220) 1. 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, and the number of rooms with windows, in 1881; and for com-parison, the number of families, males, females, and both sexes, houses and rooms with windows, in 1871, for each registration district
(Pages 221-260) 2. The particulars of the registration districts, showing their component parts, and giving for each the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually, and the number of rooms with windows
2. The particulars of the registration districts, showing their component parts, and giving for each the number of families, of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually, and the number of rooms with windows(Page 221) Shetland
(Pages 222-223) Orkney
(Page 223) Caithness
(Page 223) Sutherland
(Pages 224-225) Ross and Comarty
(Pages 225-227) Inverness
(Page 227) Nairn
(Pages 227-228) Elgin
(Pages 228-229) Banff
(Pages 229-232) Aberdeen
(Page 232) Kincardine
(Pages 232-234) Forfar
(Pages 234-237) Perth
(Pages 237-239) Fife
(Page 240) Kinross
(Page 240) Clackmannan
(Pages 240-241) Stirling
(Pages 241-242) Dumbarton
(Pages 242-245) Argyll
(Page 245) Bute
(Pages 245-246) Renfrew
(Pages 246-248) Ayr
(Pages 248-252) Lanark
(Page 252) Linlithgow
(Pages 252-254) Edinburgh
(Pages 254-255) Haddington
(Pages 255-256) Berwick
(Page 256) Peebles
(Pages 256-257) Selkirk
(Pages 257-258) Roxburgh
(Pages 258-259) Dumfries
(Pages 259-260) Kirkcudbright
(Page 260) Wigtown
(Pages 261-284) IX. Scotland in school board counties and districts, showing the number of families, of houses-inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually, and the number of rooms with windows
IX. Scotland in school board counties and districts, showing the number of families, of houses-inhabited, uninhabited, and building; the number of the total population and of each sex; the number of persons speaking Gaelic habitually, and the number of rooms with windows(Page 262) Summary of Scotland, its divisions and counties
(Page 263) Shetland
(Page 263) Orkney
(Page 263) Caithness
(Pages 263-264) Sutherland
(Page 264) Ross and Comarty
(Pages 264-265) Inverness
(Page 265) Nairn
(Page 266) Elgin
(Page 266) Banff
(Pages 267-268) Aberdeen
(Pages 268-269) Kincardine
(Pages 269-270) Forfar
(Pages 270-272) Perth
(Pages 272-273) Fife
(Page 274) Kinross
(Page 274) Clackmannan
(Page 274) Stirling
(Pages 274-275) Dumbarton
(Pages 275-276) Argyll
(Page 276) Bute
(Pages 276-277) Renfrew
(Pages 277-278) Ayr
(Pages 278-279) Lanark
(Page 279) Linlithgow
(Pages 279-280) Edinburgh
(Pages 280-281) Haddington
(Page 281) Berwick
(Pages 281-282) Peebles
(Page 282) Selkirk
(Pages 282-283) Roxburgh
(Pages 283-284) Dumfries
(Page 284) Kirkcudbright
(Page 284) Wigtown
(Pages 285-321) X. Number of families of different sizes, occupying houses of different sizes, in the registration counties and districts of Scotland
X. Number of families of different sizes, occupying houses of different sizes, in the registration counties and districts of Scotland(Page 286) 1. Number of families of different sizes in Scotland and its registration counties
(Page 287) 2. Number of families of different sizes in the town groups of the registration counties of Scotland
(Page 288) 3. Number of families of different sizes in the rural groups (including villages) of the registration, counties of Scotland
(Page 289) 4. Number of families in houses of different sizes in Scotland and its registration counties
(Page 290) 5. Number of families in houses of different sizes in the town groups of the registration counties of Scotland
(Page 291) 6. Number of families in houses of different sizes in the rural groups (including vil-lages) of the registration counties of Scotland
(Pages 292-309) 7. Number of families in houses of different sizes in registration counties and districts of Scotland
(Page 310) 8. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in Scotland
(Page 311) 9. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the town group
(Page 312) 10. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the rural group (including villages)
(Page 313) 11. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the municipal burgh of Glasgow
(Page 314) 12. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Glasgow
(Page 315) 13. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Edinburgh
(Page 316) 14. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Dundee
(Page 317) 15. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Aberdeen
(Page 318) 16. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Greenock
(Page 319) 17. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Paisley
(Page 320) 18. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Leith
(Page 321) 19. Number of families of different sizes in houses of different sizes in the parliamentary burgh of Perth
(Page 322) Constitution of registration districts having different names from the parishes in which they are situated, or composed of more, or parts of more, than one parish
(30 pages) Index to first volume
Index to first volume