Date of Census. POPULATION. Inhabited Houses By how many Families. Uninhabited Persons Persons Persons not
Houses. employed in employed in employed in
Agriculture. Trade. Agriculture or
Trade.
Males. Females Total.
1801. 4651 6953 11604 1637 2746 128 183 1069 10,352
Families Families Other Families Houses
chiefly chiefly not employed Buildings.
employed in employed in in the two
Agriculture. Trade, preceding
Manufacturers, Classes.
and
Handicraft.
1811. 7737 10525 18262 2430 3968 107 168 2217 1583 207
1821. 11623 15237 26860 3602 5829 138 275 2979 2575 146
1831. 14536 17835 32371 4635 8032 349 87 3985 3960 44
1841. 17663 22516 40179 5648 No Return. 178 Returns not continued in these Forms. 100
1851. 25475 31063 56538 7591 No Returns for Parishes. 264 Ditto 98
APPENDIX No. 29.
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF THE PARISH OF CHELSEA.
_Statistics laid before Lord Palmerston on the_ 5_th March_, 1861.
The united parishes of Chelsea and Kensington, according to the census in
1851, contained a population of upwards of 100,000 persons; and they are
now rated under Schedule A to the income and property tax, at £693,860.
Of the total number of cities and boroughs in the United Kingdom,
returning members to parliament, fifteen only are rated higher to the
income and property tax than Chelsea and Kensington, while 240 are rated
at a less amount.
There is no un-enfranchised town in the United Kingdom containing half
the population, or assessed at half the amount of property under Schedule
A; and it is therefore respectfully contended that the inhabitants of
Chelsea and Kensington have a paramount claim to any new borough
representation that may be created by the legislature.
CHELSEA. KENSINGTON. TOTAL.
Miles of Streets 21 35 56
{116a}
Houses Rated 8,252 8,700 16,952
Estimated Rental £338,239 319,586 £657,825
{116b}
County Assessment. £234,248 £319,924 £554,172
{116c}
Property and Income
Tax:—
Schedule A {116d} £269,876 £423,984 £693,860
Schedule B £720 £2,781 3,501
Schedule D £141,887 £200,526 342,413
£1,039,774
Population—Census 1851 56,538 44,053 100,591
Annual Increase at 4 75,000 59,500 134,500
per cent. {116e}
Persons Rated at £10 5,342 3,793 9,135
and under £50 {116f}
£50 and upwards 700 2,176 2,876
£10 and upwards 6,042 5,969 12,011
County Electors 679 955 1,634
_Representation of Scotland compared with that of the Metropolis_.
Population, 1851. Property Rated under Members.
Schedule A.
Scotland 2,862,000 £4,636,755 53
Metropolis 2,869,000 £18,625,296 16
_To the Honorable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland in Parliament assembled_.
The Petition of the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea, in the County of
Middlesex,