i C&•]S L S OF' : 4; I a rii ^-_,,„.^.,,„,.,-^,,.,„ , J GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND CENSUS OF POPULATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1951 County and County Borough of Londonderry Printed & presented pursuant to 14 & 15 Geo. 6, Ch. 6 BELFAST : HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICK 1954 PRICE Js 6(1 NET GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND CENSUS OF POPULATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1951 County and County Borough of Londonderry Printed & presented pursuant to 14 & 15 Geo. 6, Ch. 6 BELFAST : HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE 1954 iii PREFACE Three censuses of population have been taken since the Government of Northern Ireland was estaolished. The first enumeration took place in 1926 and incorporated questions relating to occupation and industry, orphanhood and infirmities. The second enumeration made in 1937 was of more limited scope and was intended to bridge the gap between the census of 1926 and the census which it was proposed to take in 1941, but which had to be abandoned owing to the outbreak of war. The census taken as at mid­ night of 8th-9th April, 1951, forms the basis of this report and like that in 1926 questions were asked as to the occupations and industries of the population. The length of time required to process the data collected at an enumeration before it can be presented in the ultimate reports is necessarily considerable. In order to meet immediate requirements, however, two Preliminary Reports on the 1951 census were published. The first of these gave the population figures by administrative areas and towns and villages, and by Counties and County Boroughs according to religious profes­ sion. The Second Report, which was restricted to Counties and County Boroughs, gave the population by age groups. The present Volume is the fourth of seven county volumes (the Belfast County Borough and Counties of Antrim and Down volumes having been published already) and has been prepared (as were also the Preliminary Reports) in accordance with the provisions of the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1951o The statistics now published supersede those shown in the Preliminary Reports and may be accepted as final. This volume is consistent in design and scope with the previous volumes and the remaining County volumes which will be published at intervals as completed will be pre­ pared in like manner. A General Report for the whole of Northern Ireland will follow the county volumeSo This will bring together, and in some respects show in greater detail, the information contained in the county volumeSo Additional features will also be introduced particu­ larly in regard to the distribution of the people industrially by age and marital condition. Following the 1926 census a topographical index was published dealing with each type of area for which statistics were supplied in the county series. A supplement to this index was published after the 1937 census and a further supplement in respect of the 1951 census will be prepared in due course. Census publications are obtainable either directly from H.M. Stationery Office, Chichester Street, Belfast, or from any oook-seller. L. C. MULLIGAN, REGISTRAR-GENERAL General Register Office, Fermanagh House, Belfast. April, 1954o (14667) CONTENTS PART I - EXPLANATORY NOTES Page Area vl Population vl Administrative Divisions vl Houses vll Rooms vll Households vll Rateable Valuation vll Usual Residence vlll Birthplaces vlll Religions vlll Occupations and Industries vlll Numbering of Tables vlll Tables containing dots (•) and dashes {«) Ix Correction of Census Data Ix PART II . STATISTICAL NOTES AREA X POPULATICM^ X Natural Increase x County and Municipal Boroughs, Urban and Rural Districts xl Parliamentary Constituencies xll Education Area xlll HOUSING Xlll Houses - Private and Non-Private xlll Inhabited Private Houses xlv Private Households xv Densities xvl INSTITUTIONS. ETC. xvlll USUAL RESIDENCE xlx SEX, AGE AND MARITAL CONDITION XlX EDUCATION XXl BIRTHPLACES XXl RELIGIONS XXlll OCCUPATIONS XXlV INDUSTRIES xxlv (14667) CONTENTS (continued) PART III - TABLES ABBREVIATIONS:- Co. = County; C.B. = County Borough; W. = Ward of County Borough; M,B. = Municipal Borough; U.D. = Urban District; R.D. = Rural District; C.E.D, = County Electoral Division; D.E.D. = District Electoral Division: Towns = Town created under the Tov/ns Improvement (I) Act, 1854, and clusters of 50 or more houses* Area for Table SUBJECT OF TABLE which Page Statistics are given 1 Area, Houses, and Population, 1951 Co. and C.B. 1 2 Population, 1821-1951 Co. and C.B. 1 3 Population, 1937 and 1951, and analysis of Intercensal Changes Co. and C.B. 1 4 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation Co., C.B. and W*s., 2 M.B., U.D's., R.D's., D.E.D's., Townlands and Towns 5 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation Co., C.E.D's. 34 6 Private Houses, Rooms, Households and Population Co., C. B. and W* s., 36 M.B., U.D's., R.D's. 7 Private Households; Size, Rooms Occupied, and Density of Co., C.B. and W*s. • 39 Room Occupation M.B., U.D»s., R.D's. 8 Inhabited Buildings, etc., other than Private Houses: Co., C.B., M.E., 44 Class, Number, Total Population and (for Institutions) U.D»s., R.D»S. Number of Inmates 9 Population, Parliamentary Electors and Members of Parliamentary 46 Parliament Constituencies 10 Adjustment of Enumerated Population to obtain Resident Co., C.B., M.B., 46 Population U.D's., R. D»s. 11 Ages (Individual years) and Marital Condition Co. and C.B. 47 IE Ages (Quinquennial Groups.) and Marital Condition Co., C.B. and W's., 51 M.B., U.D's., R.D»s. 13 Education; Persons attending Educational Establishments, Co. and C.B. 55 distinguishing Age and whether Full-time or Part-time 14 Birthplaces Co. and C.B. 56 15 Persons born outside Northern Ireland by Religion and Co., C.B. and W»s., 67 Duration of Residence In Northern Ireland M.B., U.D's., R.D's. 16 Religions Co., C.B. and W»s., 61 M.B., U.D'S., R.D'S» 17 Religions; Population under 22 years by Individual years Co. and C.B. 62 and 20 years and over by Quinquennial Groups 18 Occupations of Population aged 14 and over Co. and C.B. 64 19 Occupations of Population aged 14 years and over by Co. and C.B. 77 Industrial Status 20 Given for Belfast County Borough only - 82 21 Industrial Analysis of Occupied Population aged 14 years Co. and C.B. 83 and over (14667) PART I EXPLANATORY NOTES AND DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THIS VOLUME AREA The acreages given are as measured by the Ordnance Survey (foreshore being excluded), and relate to the several administrative areas as constituted at the date of the 1951 census. The acreage covered Qy the larger rivers, lakes and tideways is not included in the body of Tables 4 and 5 but is given in footnotes thereto. POPULATION The population comprises all persons on land, in vessels on inland waters or in port or at anchorage on census night, and also persons on coastwise voyages who arrived in port within a brief period not having been enumerated elsewhere. Members of the Forces of the Crown are also included. ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS The County is divided into seven county districts (one municipal borough, two urban districts and four rural districts) comprising 86 district electoral divisions, three of which are coterminous with the municipal borough and the two urban districts (see table 4). The County Borough is divided into three wards, each of which is coterminous with a district electoral division (see table 4). The district electoral division forms the unit for the purpose of municipal elections. The County is also divided into nine­ teen county electoral divisions, which are the units for the purpose of county council elections (see table 5). The County Borough is not divided into county electoral divisions. Owing to the abolition of the Boards of Guardians, details of the Poor Law Union and Dispensary districts are not given in this volume. These areas, however, form respectively, superintendent registrars' and registrarsV districts for the registration of marriages, births and deaths, and consequently the census tabulations have been pre­ pared in a manner suitable for the extraction of data according to these areas should such be required. There are five parliamentary constituencies for elections to the Northern Ireland Parliament, and one for elections to the United Kingdom Parliament (see para, (b) below and table 9). The County and County Borough Education Areas are coterminous with the County and County Borough respectively. The changes made in the constitution or boundaries of administrative divisions of the County and County Borough during the last intercensal period are as follows:- (a) In 1938 the number of wards in Londonderry County Borough was reduced from five to three. (b) The creation by the Representation of the People Act 1948 of one parliamentary constituency for the purpose of election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom and comprising the County and County Borough excepting Magherafelt Rural District which area under the same Act forms part of the Mid-Ulster constituency. (14667) HOUSES 1, The term "House" means (a) each structurally separate dwelling (except institutions) having distinct access to the street, common stair, or landing. (b) each institution (viz., hospital, sanitorium, nursing home, asylum, religious, welfare or charitable community, residental school, barracks or other premises under Naval, Military, Air Force, or Police discipline, prison or other place of detention), regardless of the number of buildings within its precincts. (c) each boat, caravan, tent or other movable dwelling if occupied on census night but not otherwise. 2. The term "Private House" means a dwelling other than an institution, hotel, board­ ing house, premises occupied by a caretaker, vessel, movable dwelling, barn, stable or outhouse occupied on census night.