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The population of Dorset increased six-fold between 1801 and 1991.
In 1991, one in six households in Dorset 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 Dorset (excluding construction) increased by nearly twenty-fold - from 81 people to 1,607 people.
In 1881, 9% of Dorset's female population were employed as indoor domestic servants. Over 17 times as many females were domestic servants as males.
In 1861, there were 2 chimney sweeps aged between 5 and 9 in Dorset.
In 1861 there were 1,117 seamen recorded in Dorset, whilst the highest number of publicans recorded for Dorset was 1,178 in 1921.
There was a rise in the population density of Dorset from 0.2 people per acre in 1831, to just under 1 person per acre in 1991, which matched the GB average.
The number of people per household has decreased over the last 200 years. In 1801 the average household in Dorset contained 5 people, compared to 2.4 in 1991, which was just under the 1991 GB average of 2.5 people per household.

Downloads / Links
View or download here, the full area monitor for DORSET.

For more information on Dorset, 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