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The amount of unemployment in the Urban
District is small. At the end of 1935 the number
unemployed was 150 males and 50 females, according
to approximate figures supplied by the Kingston
Labour Exchange.
Surbiton is a residential neighbourhood, and the
trade is mainly that which exists for the needs of
the residents, a very large proportion of whom
travel to and from London daily. The added area
of Chessington is rural in character and the majority
of its residents are engaged in agricultural pursuits.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 4,711
Resident Population (Census 1931) 29,396
Registrar General's estimate mid-year 1935 40,020
Estimated Population 31st December, 1935 42,500
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according
to the rate books 12,007
Number of families or separate occupiers (1931
census) 8,116
Rateable Value £457,574
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,774