Middlesex, England
1 Population by Family, Sex and Occupation
5 Number of families per house
7 Number of people per single-family house
The original schedules of the 1801 and 1811 census of the parish of Ealing (Archive nos. 85/15 and 85/16 respectively) are currently held at the Ealing Local History Centre, 103 Ealing Broadway Centre, The Broadway, London, W5 5JY, Tel. 020 8825 8194. They both consist of bound volumes, approx. 49cm (high) × 37cm, the pages of which are printed with columns and headings. The entries are hand-written in ink and are generally neat and clear. However some words appear rather feint, which makes it hard to read certain letters accurately, especially given the rather unconventional spellings of some names.
1801 10th March
1811 27th May
Both censuses are divided into two sections, which in 1801 (but not 1811) are prefaced Ealing Upperside and Ealing Lowerside. From a comparison of the names in the census with those marked on An historical map of the parish of Ealing by William Nicholls, 1822, it seems that Upperside was the part of the parish to the north of what are now Little Ealing Lane and Popes Lane[1]. Lowerside, therefore, was the part south of this down to the Thames, including Old Brentford.
The order of the entries in the 1801 schedules mostly follows that of the Poor Rate book (Archive no. 85/11) in which many of the same names appear. In this, however, they are subdivided into about twenty roads or localities, and so by comparing it with the census one could narrow down where people lived. Except for starting with the vicar, the 1811 schedules do not seem to follow any order, which would make any comparison much more difficult.
Having got all the data onto a computer I decided to extract every remaining statistic I could think of which might conceivably be of interest to someone.
U = Upperside, L = Lowerside, throughout the tables.
1 Population by Family, Sex and Occupation[2]
These are the figures which are summarised at the end of the original schedules, but shown here also with percentages, and percentage change over the ten year period.
Inhabited Houses |
Families |
Males |
Females |
TOTAL |
Agric |
Trade etc |
Other |
|
U 1801 | 271 |
485 |
1039 |
965 |
2004 |
106 |
960 |
938 |
% |
|
|
51.8 |
48.2 |
100.0 |
5.3 |
47.9 |
46.8 |
U 1811 | 298 |
337 |
973 |
1038 |
2011 |
252 |
496 |
1263 |
% |
|
|
48.4 |
51.6 |
100.0 |
12.5 |
24.7 |
62.8 |
% change | 10.0 |
-30.5 |
-6.4 |
7.6 |
0.3 |
137.7 |
-48.3 |
34.6 |
L 1801 | 578 |
897 |
1406 |
1625 |
3031 |
14 |
1316 |
1701 |
% |
|
|
46.4 |
53.6 |
100.0 |
0.5 |
43.4 |
56.1 |
L 1811 | 626 |
947 |
1536 |
1814 |
3350 |
157 |
1455 |
1738 |
% |
|
|
45.9 |
54.1 |
100.0 |
4.7 |
43.4 |
51.9 |
% change | 8.3 |
5.6 |
9.2 |
11.6 |
10.5 |
1021.4 |
10.6 |
2.2 |
Comments
The big drop in the number of families in Upperside is puzzling. However the question as to what counted as a family was open to varying interpretations.
The huge percentage swings towards agriculture, though not involving many people, were probably caused by the 1811 census being held at the end of May2½ months later than in 1801.
The Lowerside, which included Old Brentford, was clearly less agricultural.
The numbers and percentages of houses shown as occupied by one sex only are shown below.
Inhabited Houses |
Zero Males |
Zero Females |
Single Sex |
% |
|
U 1801 | 271 |
21 |
5 |
26 |
9.6 |
U 1811 | 298 |
13 |
2 |
15 |
5.0 |
L 1801 | 578 |
34 |
13 |
47 |
8.1 |
L 1811 | 626 |
39 |
6 |
45 |
7.2 |
Comments
Curiously, of all the houses with zero males, five have a male tenants name, and of those with zero females, two have a female tenants name. In these cases one can only suppose that either the named tenant was absent on census night, or that the occupant mistakenly gave the owners rather than the tenants name.
The number of houses with a named tenant, and the numbers and percentages of those with a female tenants name are shown below.
|
Named tenants |
Female |
% |
U 1801 | 270 |
51 |
18.9 |
U 1811 | 297 |
41 |
13.8 |
L 1801 | 578 |
92 |
15.9 |
L 1811 | 625 |
95 |
15.2 |
|
|||
|
Average: |
15.8 |
The numbers and proportions of all families represented by the named tenants are shown below. This would suggest that the surnames of about a third of the families are not listed.
|
Families |
Named tenants |
% |
U 1801 | 485 |
270 |
55.7 |
U 1811 | 337 |
297 |
88.1 |
L 1801 | 897 |
578 |
64.4 |
L 1811 | 947 |
625 |
66.0 |
|
|||
|
Average: |
66.4 |
5 Number of families per house
The number of houses with a given number of families present in them is shown below.
|
Number of families per house: |
|||||||
|
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6+ |
TOTAL |
U 1801 | 1 |
147 |
72 |
31 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
271 |
% |
0.4 |
54.2 |
26.6 |
11.4 |
3.7 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
100.0 |
U 1811 | 1 |
264 |
27 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
298 |
% |
0.3 |
88.6 |
9.1 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
% change | 0.0 |
79.6 |
-62.5 |
-83.9 |
-90.0 |
-100.0 |
-100.0 |
10.0 |
L 1801 | 1 |
391 |
114 |
41 |
16 |
8 |
7 |
578 |
% |
0.2 |
67.6 |
19.7 |
7.1 |
2.8 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
100.0 |
L 1811 | 0 |
413 |
148 |
39 |
14 |
8 |
4 |
626 |
% |
0.0 |
66.0 |
23.6 |
6.2 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
100.0 |
% change | -100.0 |
5.6 |
29.8 |
-4.9 |
-12.5 |
0.0 |
-42.9 |
8.3 |
It is clear from the responses to this question that many were unsure as to what constituted a family. At one end of the spectrum, three houses had people but no families, and at the other end, the workhouse had one family of over 100 people! In between, some large houses with numerous servants were counted as having one family, while some smaller ones must have counted servants or lodgers as separate. There was one house[3] with seven one-person families.
The huge increase in single-family houses in Upperside 1811 is probably due to a change of interpretation by the enumerator.
The number of houses with a given number of people present in them is shown below.
|
Number of people per house: |
|||||||||||||
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
1014 |
1519 |
2049 |
50+ |
TOTAL |
U 1801 | 8 |
33 |
26 |
35 |
29 |
31 |
28 |
18 |
17 |
35 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
271 |
% |
3.0 |
12.2 |
9.6 |
12.9 |
10.7 |
11.4 |
10.3 |
6.6 |
6.3 |
12.9 |
1.1 |
2.2 |
0.7 |
100.0 |
U 1811 | 2 |
32 |
44 |
42 |
25 |
44 |
24 |
24 |
17 |
29 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
298 |
% |
0.7 |
10.7 |
14.8 |
14.1 |
8.4 |
14.8 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
5.7 |
9.7 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
100.0 |
% change | -75.0 |
-3.0 |
69.2 |
20.0 |
-13.8 |
41.9 |
-14.3 |
33.3 |
0.0 |
-17.1 |
166.7 |
-16.7 |
0.0 |
10.0 |
L 1801 | 13 |
67 |
107 |
91 |
82 |
72 |
55 |
30 |
17 |
34 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
578 |
% |
2.2 |
11.6 |
18.5 |
15.7 |
14.2 |
12.5 |
9.5 |
5.2 |
2.9 |
5.9 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
L 1811 | 16 |
93 |
108 |
84 |
74 |
63 |
52 |
45 |
31 |
52 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
626 |
% |
2.6 |
14.9 |
17.3 |
13.4 |
11.8 |
10.1 |
8.3 |
7.2 |
5.0 |
8.3 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
% change | 23.1 |
38.8 |
0.9 |
-7.7 |
-9.8 |
-12.5 |
-5.5 |
50.0 |
82.4 |
52.9 |
-12.5 |
-50.0 |
0.0 |
8.3 |
The median and upper and lower quartiles[4] of the distribution are shown below.
|
LQ |
Med |
UQ |
U 1801 | 4.02 |
6.15 |
8.74 |
U 1811 | 3.92 |
6.09 |
8.43 |
% change | -2.5 |
-1.0 |
-3.5 |
L 1801 | 3.61 |
5.13 |
7.03 |
L 1811 | 3.44 |
5.16 |
7.60 |
% change | -4.7 |
0.6 |
8.1 |
Comments
From these figures it is clear that the Lowerside had a greater proportion of smaller houses than the Upperside. This was no doubt due to Old Brentford being more densely built up.
7 Number of people per single-family house
The number of single-family houses with a given number of people present in them is shown below.
|
Number of people per single-family house: |
|||||||||||||
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
1014 |
1519 |
2049 |
50+ |
TOTAL |
U 1801 | 8 |
30 |
18 |
22 |
19 |
15 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
147 |
% |
5.4 |
20.4 |
12.2 |
15.0 |
12.9 |
10.2 |
6.8 |
4.1 |
3.4 |
5.4 |
0.0 |
3.4 |
0.7 |
100.0 |
U 1811 | 2 |
32 |
43 |
39 |
22 |
39 |
19 |
20 |
14 |
24 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
264 |
% |
0.8 |
12.1 |
16.3 |
14.8 |
8.3 |
14.8 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
5.3 |
9.1 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
100.0 |
% change | -75.0 |
6.7 |
138.9 |
77.3 |
15.8 |
160.0 |
90.0 |
233.3 |
180.0 |
200.0 |
Infinite |
-40.0 |
100.0 |
79.6 |
L 1801 | 13 |
63 |
92 |
61 |
58 |
43 |
30 |
15 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
391 |
% |
3.3 |
16.1 |
23.5 |
15.6 |
14.8 |
11.0 |
7.7 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
L 1811 | 16 |
89 |
90 |
62 |
46 |
37 |
23 |
21 |
11 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
413 |
% |
3.9 |
21.5 |
21.8 |
15.0 |
11.1 |
9.0 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
2.7 |
3.9 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
% change | 23.1 |
41.3 |
-2.2 |
1.6 |
-20.7 |
-14.0 |
-23.3 |
40.0 |
175.0 |
100.0 |
-50.0 |
-50.0 |
0.0 |
5.6 |
The median and upper and lower quartiles of the distribution are shown below.
|
LQ |
Med |
UQ |
U 1801 | 2.96 |
4.79 |
6.88 |
U 1811 | 3.74 |
5.73 |
8.11 |
% change | 26.4 |
19.6 |
17.9 |
L 1801 | 3.24 |
4.45 |
6.15 |
L 1811 | 2.98 |
4.19 |
6.18 |
% change | -8.0 |
-5.8 |
0.5 |
Comments
The purpose of this table is to attempt to show the distribution of family size. Clearly with the multi-family houses it is usually impossible to know how many members each family had. Even with the single-family houses there is still the question as to what constituted a family (see the comments to 5 above).
The U 1811 figures are rather distorted by the fact that there was a big increase in the proportion of single-family houses (see the comments to 5 above).
In both censuses combined, the Christian names are given for 1394 males and 271 females. The most popular names with their frequencies are:
|
Number |
% |
|
|
Number |
% |
John | 300 |
21.5 |
Mary |
47 |
17.3 |
|
William | 230 |
16.5 |
Elizabeth |
42 |
15.5 |
|
Thomas | 172 |
12.3 |
Ann |
40 |
14.8 |
|
James | 124 |
8.9 |
Sarah |
32 |
11.8 |
|
Richard | 93 |
6.7 |
Hannah |
13 |
4.8 |
|
George | 60 |
4.3 |
Susan(nah) |
9 |
3.3 |
|
Joseph | 54 |
3.9 |
Jane |
8 |
3.0 |
|
Robert | 51 |
3.7 |
Frances |
8 |
3.0 |
|
Samuel | 42 |
3.0 |
|
Similarly, surnames are listed for 1770 individuals. Although the most common is Smith, even this only occurs 24 times, representing 1.4%.
[1] Two borderline houses contradict this: John Hierons to the east of Gunnersbury House on the north side of modern Gunnersbury Lane is in Lowerside; and Mrs Balls at Little Ealing on the south side of Windmill Lane just off Northfield Avenue is in Upperside.
[2] For the full column headings see the section under Transcription.
[3] 1801 U p10 no.167
[4] i.e. 25% of the houses had less than the lower quartile number of people living in them; 50% less than the median; and 75% less than the upper quartile.
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Revised 1 November 2010