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The population of Buckinghamshire increased six-fold between 1801 and 1991.
In 1991, one in seventeen households in Buckinghamshire did not have central heating, which compared to a GB average of one in five.
Between 1851 and 1901, the number of people employed on the railways in Buckinghamshire (excluding construction) increased five-fold - from 134 people to 697 people.
In 1881, 13% of Buckinghamshire's female population were employed as indoor domestic servants. Over 11 times as many females were domestic servants as males.
In 1851, there was one chimney sweep aged between 5 and 9 in Buckinghamshire.
In 1871 there were 242 nurses (not domestic servants) in Buckinghamshire.
There was a rise in the population density of Buckinghamshire from 0.3 people per acre in 1831, to 1.4 people per acre in 1991. This was above the GB average of almost 1 person per acre in 1991.
The number of people per household has decreased over the last 200 years. In 1801 the average household in Buckinghamshire contained 5 people, compared to 2.6 in 1991, slightly higher than the 1991 GB average of 2.5 people per household.

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View or download here, the full area monitor for BUCKINGHAMSHSIRE.

For more information on Buckinghamshire, contact your local record office, a list of which is available HERE.

For contact details of local family history societies, click HERE.

For a list of interesting historical census forms available for your area, click HERE.

Updated: 08/06/2001