Males & Females

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Year Male Female
1801 1,697 Show data context 2,104 Show data context
1811 1,988 Show data context 2,340 Show data context
1821 2,482 Show data context 2,903 Show data context
1831 2,912 Show data context 3,147 Show data context
1841 2,940 Show data context 3,489 Show data context
1851 3,490 Show data context 3,897 Show data context
1881 4,340 Show data context 4,928 Show data context
1891 4,142 Show data context 4,839 Show data context
1901 4,182 Show data context 5,000 Show data context
1911 4,154 Show data context 4,819 Show data context
1921 3,831 Show data context 4,505 Show data context
1931 4,239 Show data context 4,827 Show data context
1951 4,965 Show data context 5,527 Show data context
1961 5,211 Show data context 5,716 Show data context
Date: Source:
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 5 , 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'

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Date accessed: 05th November 2024