Total Population

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Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 16,144 Show data context
1811 16,144 Show data context 18,683 Show data context
1821 18,683 Show data context 21,462 Show data context
1831 21,462 Show data context 26,654 Show data context
1841 26,654 Show data context 34,462 Show data context
1851 34,462 Show data context 45,128 Show data context
1881 5,077 Show data context 5,546 Show data context
1891 5,546 Show data context 5,839 Show data context
1901 6,745 Show data context 7,855 Show data context
1911 7,855 Show data context 8,154 Show data context
1921 8,243 Show data context 9,044 Show data context
1931 9,044 Show data context 9,399 Show data context
1951 11,413 Show data context 12,474 Show data context
1961 12,474 Show data context 13,079 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: 27th April 2024