The 1891 Census of Scotland was implemented on 5 April 1891. The following information was requested for each residence:
- Place (name of street, place, parish, roadway and name or number of house).
- For each person who had spent the night in the residence:
- Name
- Relationship to the head of household.
- Marital status
- Age and sex (indicated in the same column)
- Occupation or profession
- Whether an employer, an employee or self employed
- Birthplace
- Whether Gaelic or either Gaelic and or English is spoken. [1]
- Whether blind, dumb, deaf, imbecile, idiot or lunatic.
- The number of rooms within the dwelling that have one or more windows.
The population in Scotland on 5 April 1891 was 4,033,103 people.[2]