Population
The total population of Staplehurst in the 1901
census was 1684
of which:
| |
|
|
|
|
Percent |
| |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
of Total |
|
under 1 year old |
18 |
13 |
31 |
|
1.8 |
|
1 to 5 years of age |
91 |
79 |
170 |
|
10.1 |
|
6 to 12 years of age |
139 |
132 |
271 |
|
16.1 |
|
13 to 20 years of age |
136 |
134 |
270 |
|
16.0 |
|
21 to 30 years of age |
110 |
109 |
219 |
|
13.0 |
|
31 to 40 years of age |
91 |
111 |
202 |
|
12.0 |
|
41 to 50 years of age |
91 |
100 |
191 |
|
11.3 |
|
51 to 60 years of age |
85 |
77 |
162 |
|
9.6 |
|
61 to 70 years of age |
53 |
56 |
109 |
|
6.5 |
|
71 to 80 years of age |
24 |
22 |
46 |
|
2.7 |
|
over 80 years of age |
4 |
9 |
13 |
|
0.8 |
|
Total |
842 |
842 |
1684 |
|
100.0 |
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Marital Status
| |
|
Percent |
| |
|
of Total |
|
Number of Married People |
625 |
37.7 |
|
Number of Widows/Widowers |
88 |
5.3 |
|
Single People Over 18 Years of Age |
284 |
17.1 |
|
(of which single over 30 years of age) |
94 |
5.7 |
The youngest married man was 21 years old and
the youngest woman was 20 years old.
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Place of
Birth
| |
|
|
Percent |
| |
|
|
of Total |
|
The majority of Staplehurst residence in 1901 were |
|
1329 |
78.9 |
|
born in Kent. Of which, those born in Staplehurst were: |
|
627 |
37.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Of the remainder of Kent born residents, the majority |
|
279 |
16.6 |
|
came from neighbouring villages. |
|
|
|
|
Benenden |
|
31 |
1.8 |
|
Cranbrook |
|
63 |
3.7 |
|
Frittenden |
|
47 |
2.8 |
|
Goudhurst |
|
29 |
1.7 |
|
Headcorn |
|
57 |
3.4 |
|
Marden |
|
52 |
3.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Others born with 10 miles of Staplehurst were: |
|
183 |
10.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
The neighbouring county of Sussex accounted for: |
|
104 |
6.2 |
|
while London born people were: |
|
68 |
4.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
People born in Scotland and Ireland were: |
|
13 |
0.8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
People born outside of the United Kingdom were: |
|
9 |
0.5 |
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Occupations
Men’s Occupations
There were 563 men resident in Staplehurst who have a recorded
occupation in the 1901 census. This includes 3 boys of 13 years of
age although 14 appears to be the normal age to start work. Most men
continued working right into their old age with 22 men 70 years of
age or more shown to be actively employed. At a summary level,
occupations break down into the following categories.
| |
|
Percent |
| |
|
of Total |
|
Agriculture |
257 |
45.6 |
|
Trades |
118 |
21.0 |
|
Merchants / Retailers |
57 |
10.1 |
|
Domestic |
45 |
8.0 |
|
Railway / Postal Service |
32 |
5.7 |
|
Professional |
26 |
4.6 |
|
Other |
28 |
5.0 |
|
Total |
563 |
100.0 |
Agriculture
at 45.6% is the largest sector. This includes 36 men classes as
farmers and 8 farmer’s sons, 1 retired farmer, and 8 farm bailiffs.
The majority are classed as farm labourers or agricultural labourers.
In some instances these are more specific with titles like carter on
farm, waggoner, shepherd etc. the enumerator crosses these out and
inserts Ag. Lab.
Trades are the second largest sector with 21.0% of the labour
force. These include bricklayers, wheelwrights, carpenters, etc.
Merchants / Retailers: in the group (10.1%) I have included
the grocers, bakers, butchers, etc.
Domestic accounts for 8.0%. It consists mostly of gardeners
with a few grooms, houseboys and 1 butler and 1 footman.
The Railway and Postal
Services account for 5.7% of which 19 men have railway
occupations 13 postal services.
Others
include for 11 peoples employed in hotels and inns; are 5 people
noted as living on their own means and 12 people are classed as
general labourers.
Women’s Occupations
Of the 598 women, 14 years of age or more and resident in
Staplehurst in 1901, only 136 (23%) were noted to have an
occupation. Note that the age 14 has been used as by that age almost
all girls had left school, were only two exceptions to that. No
girls under the age of 14 shown to have an occupation. Of this 136
only 5 were noted as married and 15 as widowed. Therefore the
majority of working women were unmarried.
56% (76) of the working women were in domestic roles of various
descriptions (servant, cook, housemaid, laundress etc.). Dressmaking
was the second highest occupation with 22 women noted. Generally the
dressmaking was carried out from home.
Two widows were classes as Farmers while 4 single women were classed
as Farmer’s
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