| Census: | 1851 |
| County: | Fife (FIF) |
| District: | Auchtermuchty |
| Civil Parish: | Auchtermuchty |
| Ecclesiastical Parish: | Auchtermuchty |
| Piece: | 406 |
| Enumeration District: | 3 |
| Folio: | 406 |
| Page: | 1 |
| Schedule: | 2 |
| House Number: | |
| House or Street Name: | Dovecot Shade Auchtermuchty |
| Surname | Forenames | Relationship | Marital Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth County | Birth Place | Disability | Notes |
| ELDER | Mathew | Head | M | M | 44 | Weaver Linen | Fife | Auchtermuchty | ||
| ELDER | Hellen | Wife | M | F | 38 | Fife | Strathmiglo | |||
| ELDER | Janet | Dau | - | F | 9 | Scholar | Fife | Strathmiglo | ||
| ELDER | Jane | Dau | - | F | 7 | Scholar | Fife | Auchtermuchty | ||
| ELDER | Mathew | Son | - | M | 3 | Fife | Auchtermuchty | |||
| ELDER | Francis | Son | - | M | 1 | Fife | Auchtermuchty | |||
| WILSON | Thomas | Lodger | - | M | 14 | Weaver Apprentice | Midlothian | Edinburgh | ||
| INGRAM | Margaret | Lodger | - | F | 13 | Weaver Apprentice | Midlothian | Edinburgh |