Total Population

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Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 189,431 Show data context
1811 189,431 Show data context 219,605 Show data context
1821 219,605 Show data context 263,480 Show data context
1831 263,480 Show data context 316,672 Show data context
1841 316,672 Show data context 368,400 Show data context
1851 368,400 Show data context 423,526 Show data context
1861 470,174 Show data context
1871 539,785 Show data context
1881 539,785 Show data context 622,365 Show data context
1891 622,323 Show data context 707,978 Show data context
1901 704,455 Show data context 792,913 Show data context
1911 774,638 Show data context 895,328 Show data context
Date: Source:
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts'
1871 1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts'
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'

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Date accessed: 25th April 2024