Total Population

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Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 2,492 Show data context
1811 2,492 Show data context 2,901 Show data context
1821 2,901 Show data context 3,179 Show data context
1831 3,179 Show data context 3,508 Show data context
1841 3,508 Show data context 3,862 Show data context
1851 3,862 Show data context 3,967 Show data context
1881 4,533 Show data context 5,707 Show data context
1891 5,707 Show data context 7,247 Show data context
1901 6,370 Show data context 8,806 Show data context
1911 8,806 Show data context 9,936 Show data context
1921 9,936 Show data context 10,720 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'

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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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Date accessed: 05th November 2024