GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND CENSUS OF POPULATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1951 County of Down Printed & presented pursuant to 14 & 15 Geo. 6, Ch, 6 BELFAST : HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE 1954 PRICE 7* 6d NET GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND CENSUS OF POPULATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1951 County of Down Printed & presented pursuant to 14 & 15 Geo. 6, Ch. 6 BELFAST : HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE 1954 PREFACE Three censuses of population have been taken since the Government of Northern Irel&nd was established. 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 pro­ fession. The Second Report, which was restricted to Counties and County Boroughs, gave the population by age groups. The present Volume is the third of seven county volumes (the Belfast County Borough and County of Antrim volumes having been published already) and has been pre­ pared (as were also the Preliminary Reports) in accordance with the provisions of the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1951. 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 prepared in like manner. A General Report for the whole of Northern Ireland will follow the county volumes. This will bring together, and in some respects shovj in greater detail, the information contained in the county volumes. Additional features will also be introduced particu­ larly in regard to the distribution of the people industrially by age and marital condition. Reference has been made in the Preliminary Report and in the reports for Belfast County Borough and County Antrim to the development which has taken place in the area surrounding Belfast and the Preliminary Report gave the 1937 and 1951 populations of the approximate area. The matter has now been investigated in more detail than was possible at the Preliminary Report stage and it is intended to include in a later publication figures relating to population and housing in regard to what may be termed the "Brick and Mortar" area of Belfast and its Environs. 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 indBx 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 House, Chichester Street, Belfast, or from any book-seller. L. C. MULLIGAN, REGISTRAR-GENERAL General Register Office, Fermanagh House, Belfast. March, 1954o (14555) CONTENTS PART I - EXPLANATORY NOTE^ Page Area v Population v Administrative Divisions v Houses vi Rooms vi Households vi Rateable .Valuation vi Usual Residence vii Birthplaces vii Religions vii Occupations and Industries vii Numbering of Tables vii Tables containing dots (.) and dashes (-) viii Correction of Census Data viii PART II - STATISTICAL M)TES AREA ix POPULATION ix Natural Increase ix Municipal Boroughs, Urban and Rural Districts ix Parliamentary Constituencies xi Education Area xi HOUSING xi Houses - Private and Non-Private xi Inhabited Private Houses xiii Private Households xv Densities xv INSTITUTIONS, ETC. xvii USUAL RESIDENCE xviii SEX, AGE AND MARITAL CONDITION xviii EDUCATION XX BIRTHPLACES XXi RELIGIONS xxii OCCUPATIONS xxiii INDUSTRIES xxiii (14555) CONTENTS (continued) PART III - TABLES ABBRFVIATICNS:- Co, = County; M.B. - Municipal Borough; U.D. = Urban District; R.Da = Rural District; CoE.D. = County Electoral Division; D.E.D. = District Electoral Division; Towns = Town created under the Towns Improvement (I) Act, 1854, and clusters of 50 or more houses. Area for which Table SUBJECT OF TABLE Statistics Page are given 1 Area, Houses, and Population, 1951 Co, 1 Z Population, 1821 - 1951 CO, 1 3 Population, 1937 and 1951, and analysis of Intercensal Changes Co, 1 4 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation Co,, M.B's., 2 U.D's,, R,D»s., D.E. D»s., Town- lands and Towns, 5 Area, Population, Houses, Accommodation, and Valuation CO,, C.E.D»s, 42 6 Private Houses, Rooms, Households and Population Co., M,B»S., 44 U.D'S., R.D»s. 7 Private Households; Size, Rooms Occupied, and Density of Room CO., M.B»s., 48 Occupation U.D's., R.D»s. 8 inhabited Buildings, etc., other than Private Houses: Class, Co.^ M.B»s., 55 Number, Total Population and (for institutions) Number of U.D»s., R.D»S. inmates 9 Population, Parliamentary Electors and Members of Parliament Parliamentary 57 Constituencies 10 Adjustment of Enumerated Population to obtain Resident Co., M.B's., 58 Population U.D's., R.D»s. 11 Ages (Individual years) and Marital Condition Co. 59 12 Ages (Quinquennial Groups) and Marital Condition CO., M.B's., 60 U.D»s., R.D»s. 13 Education; Persons attending Educational Establishments, Co. 65 distinguishing Age and whether Full-time or Part-time 14 Birthplaces CO. 65 15 Persons born outside Northern Ireland by Religion and Co., M.B»s., 66 Duration of Residence in Northern Ireland U.D's., R.D's. 16 Religions Co., M.B»s., 73 U,D»s., R.D's. 17 Religions; Population under 22 years by individual years Co. 74 • and 20 years and over by Quinquennial Groups 18 Occupations of Population aged 14 and over Co. 75 19 Occupations of Population aged 14 years and over by Co. 79 Industrial Status 20 Given for Belfast county Borough only 81 21 industrial Analysis of Occupied Population aged 14 years Co. 82 and over (14555) 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 by 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 nineteen county districts (two municipal boroughs, nine urban districts and eight rural districts) comprising 145 district electoral divisions, twenty-three of which are coterminous with entire municipal boroughs or urban districts or wards thereof (see table 4). Wards, where they exist in boroughs or urban districts are the units for the purpose of mxinicipal elections. In rural districts the unit is the district electoral division. The County is also divided into twenty county electoral divisions, which are the units for the purpose of county council elections (see table 5). 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 registrars* districts for the registration of marriages, births and deaths, and consequently the census tabulations have been prepared in a maniier suitable for the extraction of data according to these areas should such be required. There are eight parliamentary constituencies for elections to the Northern Ireland Parliament, and two for elections to the United Kingdom Parliament (see table 9). The Down Education Area is coterminous with the County. The changes made in the constitution or boundaries of administrative divisions of the County during the last intercensal period are as follows:- (a) Kilkeel, formerly a town under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854, and forming part of Kilkeel Rural District, was made an Urban District (1st April, 1937). (b) Newtownards Urban District was made a Municipal Borough (23rd May, 1938); and the boundary was extended (1st April, 1950). (c) The boundary of Bangor Municipal Borough was extended (1st April, 1950). (d) A portion of Newtownards Rural District was transferred to Newtownards Municipal Borpugh (1st April, 1950); and a portion to Bangor Municipal Borough (1st April, 1950). (e) The boundary of Holywood Urban District waa extended (1st April, 1946). (f) A portion of Castlereagh Rural District was transferred to Hblywood Urban District (1st April, 1946). (g) Under the Representation of the People Act, 1948, two parliamentary consti­ tuencies were created for the purpose of election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. (1455S) HOUSES 1. The term ^tlouse^^ 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, residential 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.