Total Population

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 14,300 Show data context
1811 14,300 Show data context 19,528 Show data context
1821 19,528 Show data context 27,300 Show data context
1831 27,300 Show data context 36,336 Show data context
1841 36,336 Show data context 53,482 Show data context
1851 53,482 Show data context 72,136 Show data context
1881 83,515 Show data context 91,578 Show data context
1891 91,578 Show data context 99,185 Show data context
1901 107,573 Show data context 112,989 Show data context
1911 112,989 Show data context 117,088 Show data context
1921 117,088 Show data context 117,406 Show data context
1931 117,406 Show data context 119,001 Show data context
1951 119,665 Show data context 119,250 Show data context
1961 121,367 Show data context 113,341 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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Age and sex structure data in the categories used in the 2011 Key Statistics data. Wherever possible, we reorganise age structure data from other years to this same set of categories, and these are the categories we use in our redistricted statistics for modern units.


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Date accessed: 04th November 2024