1831 POPULATION FOR THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER. Not a list of names, but details of popualtion figures in Britain. A detailed look at the Manchester population and lancashire occupations.

THE information below is taken from the very snappily named document - Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act, II Geo IV c.30 for the Parish of Manchester including Salford. It was produced by the Statistical Society of Manchester.

This document can be seen on request, Monday to Thursday at Manchester Archives Reading Room located on the first floor of Manchester Central Library(MSF310.6M5Vol5). It is a breakdown of population figures by township within the Parish of Manchester. It also included details of housing and occupations. Whilst no names or details of individuals are recorded, it is still a fascinating and comprehensive snapshot of the details of the area. It also includes the population figure for Lancashire, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

The main side headings in the tabulation are:

PARISH, TOWN OR EXTRA PAROCHIAL PLACE:

Manchester Parish including:

Manchester Township	142,026
Ardwick Chapelry	5,524
Beswick (Extra Parochial)	248
Bradford Township	166
Cheetham Chapelry	4,025
Chorlton-upon-Medlock Township	20,569
Harpurhey Township	463
Hulme Township	9,624
Newton Chapelry	4,377

SALFORD BOROUGH

Salford Township	40,786
Broughton Township	1,589

NOT ENFRANCHISED

Blackley Chapelry	3,020
Burnage Township	507
Chorlton-cum-Hardy Chapelry	668
Crumpsall Township	1,878
Denton Chapelry	2,792
Didsbury Chapelry	1,067
Droylsden Township	2,996
Failsworth Township	3,667
Gorton Chapelry	2,623
Heaton Norris Chapelry	11,238
Houghton Township	2,914
Levenshulme Township	1,086
MossSide Township	208
Moston Township	615
Openshaw Township	838
Reddish Township	860
Rusholme Township	1,078
Stretford Chapelry	2,463
Withington Township	1,048

SALFORD BOROUGH

Pendleton Township (Eccles Parish)

8,435

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GENERAL SUMMARY

Including population figures for England, Wales, Scotland, Army, Navy, Marines and seamen in registered vessels.

The headings across the top of the tabulation are:

AREA in English statute acres

HOUSES: including inhabited, families, building and uninhabited

OCCUPATIONS: Families chiefly employed in agriculture, Families employed in Trade, Manufactures and Handicraft. All Families not comprised in the two previous classes

PERSONS: Males, females and total number of persons. Males twenty years of age

AGRICULTURE: Including Occupiers employing Labourers. Occupiers not employing Labourers. Labourers employed in Agriculture.

EMPLOYED IN: Manufacture or in making Manufacturing Machinery. Retail Trade, or in Handicraft as Masters or Workmen. Capitalist, Bankers, Professional and other Educated Men. Labourers employed in labour not Agriculture. Other Males above twenty years of age (except servants)

MALE SERVANTS

FEMALE SERVANTS

So to summarise the table shows that the population in 1831 of Manchester Township was 142,026; Manchester Borough 182,022; The Parish of Manchester 270,963*; Lancashire 1,336,854; England 13,091,005; Wales 806,102; Scotland 2,365,114; Army, Navy, Marines and Seamen in registered vessels 277,017. This gives a total population of 16,539,318

There is also a tabulation of men twenty years or over employed in Retail Trade, or in Handicraft, as Masters or Workmen in Manchester & Salford and stating the totals for the same occupation in Lancashire. There are approximately 190 different trades listed.

TRADES	MANCHESTER & SALFORD	LANCASHIRE
Auctioneers or Appraisers & Sheriff's Brokers	29	152
Bakers, Fancy ditto, & Ginger bread ditto	422	1,089
Barbers or Hairdressers, & Hair Dealers	127	597
Basket Makers	54	319
Blacking Makers	1	2
Blacksmiths & Horse Shoers	491	3,466
Bleachers	4	135
Block Cutters & Makers	20	193
Boat Builders & Shipwrights	65	989
Boiler Makers	7	7
Bookbinders	69	221
Book Sellers & Vendors	50	153
Boot Tree Maker	1	1
Bow & Arrow Makers	2	4
Brassworkers & Tinkers	160	402
Brewers	255	612
Brokers	68	330
Brush Makers	86	220
Builders	85	323
Land Jobbers	46	124
Bricklayers	469	1,785
Brick Makers	202	684
Lime Burners	1	75
Plasterers	210	1,326

Slaters	134	496
Mason & Wallers	327	3,203
House Painters	547	1,690
Butchers & Fleshers	457	2,100
Calenderers	81	81
Card Makers	2	2
Carpenters	1,412	6,267
Cabinet Makers	501	1,691
Wheelwrights	159	1,487
Sawyers	303	1,363
Carriers & Carters	386	2,367
Carvers & Guilders	91	189
Cattle Dealers	0	7
Caulkers	8	11
Chair Makers	0	51
Cheesemongers	18	59
Chemists & Druggists	142	459
Clock & Watch Makers	82	1,114
Clock & Watch Tool Makers	0	84
Cloth Dressers	3	3
Clothiers	59	142
Linen Drapers & Haberdashers	229	1,012
Silk Mercers or Dealers	13	73
Coach Makers	132	352
Coach Owners, Drivers, Grooms &c	272	820
Coach Painters	0	1
Coal Merchants(Fuel)	86	324
Coffee Roasters	2	7
Colour makers	0	4
Comb Makers	3	51
Coopers	119	819
Copper-plate-printers & Engineers	304	504
Coppersmiths	1	4
Cork Cutters	23	69
Corn Dealers	64	339
Curriers	104	393
Cutlers	29	81
Distillers	0	1
Drysalters (Colouring Material)	37	92
Dyers	1,127	1,915
Earthenware, China & Pottery Dealers	74	363
Farriers, Cow & Cattle Doctors	19	159
Feather Dressers	6	19
Fellmongers	74	107
File Cutters	1	81
Fishdealers	52	196
Flax Dressers	0	34
Fruiterers	37	91
Fullers	0	64
Fustian Shearers	1	1

Ginger Beer Brewers	0	1
Glass Cutters	12	62
Glaziers & Plumbers	212	784
Glovers	9	17
Grocers & Green Grocers	292	1,112
Gun Makers	21	78
Harness Makers & Collar Makers	14	79
Hatters & Hosiers	487	1,415
Heck Maker	0	1
Hoop Makers	0	48
Horse Dealers, Stable &Hackney Coach Fly Keepers	80	173
Hucksters, Hawkers, Duffers & Pedlars	470	1,057
Iron Founders	333	846
Iron Liquor Merchants	2	2
Ironmongers	83	301
Japanners	2	3
Jewellers	38	138
Lace Dealers	13	37
Lath Renders	5	17
Maltsters	8	117
Marble Cutters (Statuary)	48	83
Match Makers	27	27
Milkmen & Cow Keepers	138	533
Millers	69	788
Milliners	3	3

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Millwrights	25	64
Moulders	0	13
Musical Instrument Makers	2	13
Music Sellers	12	12
Nailers	4	540
Nightmen & Scavengers	78	131
Oil Dealers	1	1
Old Clothes Dealers & Rag Dealers	80	251
Opticians	12	50
Organ Builders	1	4
Packers	2	2
Paper Makers	56	301
Paper Stainers	1	1
Pastry Cooks & Confectioners	62	152
Patten Makers & Cloggers	53	518
Patten Card Makers	2	2
Pattern Drawers & Designers	0	5
Pawnbrokers	107	280
Pencil Makers	0	3
Picker Makers	0	2
Pin Makers	0	8
Pipe Makers	25	159
Plane Makers	5	28
Plough Makers	0	1
Pocket-book Makers	1	1

Poulterers	10	23
Printers	322	695
Print Glazer	1	1
Printsellers	9	25
Publicans, Hotel or Innkeepers & Retailers of Beer	864	5,455
Pump Maker	0	1
Rake Makers	0	2
Reed Makers	14	37
Riddle Maker	0	1
Roller Makers	0	12
Rope Makers	236	802
Rule Maker	1	1
Sack Maker	0	1
Saddlers	117	500
Sail Makers	2	212
Scaleboard Maker	1	1
Ship Chandlers	0	9
Shoe & Boot Makers or Menders	1,885	8,470
Shopkeepers(Dealers in sundry necessary articles, such as sold in a village shop)	728	4,143
Shuttle Makers	0	14
Sizers	0	43
Skinners	6	6
Slate Dealers	0	1
Smallware Dealers	14	14
Soot & Chimney Sweepers	32	101

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Spindle & Fly Makers	0	6
Starch Makers	4	4
Stationers	48	129
Stock Brokers	1	3
Stay Makers	35	43
Stone Dealers	0	5
Straw Plat & Bonnet Makers	34	82
Sugar Bakers	0	5
Tailor & Breeches Makers	1,346	5,225
Tallow & Wax Chandlers	55	266
Tanners	31	290
Tea Dealers	96	295
Tin Men	165	470
Tobacconists	42	242
Toymen	21	35
Tripe Dealers	4	4
Trunk Makers	7	10
Turners	318	722
Twine Spinners	0	10
Umbrella Makers	8	21
Undertakers of Funerals	9	19
Upholsterers	81	212
Vitriol Makers	0	5
Well Sinker	1	1
Wharfingers	8	41
Whip Makers	3	4
Whitesmiths	300	1,135
Wine Dealers	16	49
Wire Drawers	0	22
Wireworkers	27	31
Wool Combers	10	102
Woollen Drapers	0	7
Defective Specifications		1,383

The information was printed in 1833 by which time the population of certain areas of Manchester had grown rapidly. These figures had been updated. Also included was the population of Ireland, 7,767,401.

*For a map of the Parish of Manchester see here.

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