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Parish Populations from Census Returns 1801 - 1971   

meaning of the codes in the table below
AP Ancient Parish
MB Municipal Borough
PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District
RD Rural District
RSD Sanitary District
SubD Registration sub-district
USD Sanitary District

 

 Parish Populations from Census Returns 1801 - 1971   
 

Parish 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971
Arkesden 400 403 415 490 498 542 506 456 420 341 260 290 274 224   263 282 259
Ashdon 710 735 802 898 948 1013 1011 965 830 790 628 594 553 476   676 686 749
Barnston 186 196 218 215 197 195 192 204 166 166 170 163 164 156   286 293 455
Berden 291 303 338 342 391 418 414 406 363 336 286 296 272 266   272 263 290
Birchanger 299 332 336 360 386 371 358 520 468 469 753 919 786 781   812 808 1155
Broxted 540 502 597 694 737 753 782 761 697 588 531 548 516 479   507 510 524
Chickney 66 58 66 72 59 68 76 63 42 35 20 32 33 37   31 32 37
Chrishall 220 364 411 487 521 652 643 612 573 547 460 497 450 408   405 440 435
ClaveringAP 900 889 1081 1134 1172 1220 1047 1077 1039 1012 835 836 799 764   831 936 1021
Debden 781 854 940 985 979 1034 942 892 816 744 644 641 642 635   625 665 1177
Duton Hill no information
Elmdon 534 547 601 697 680 743 731 717 614 595 544 533 503 474   486 490 451
Elsenham 349 392 434 483 491 517 480 460 468 423 453 422 408 382   598 832 1216
Farnham 330 395 470 524 549 558 556 578 495 477 434 391 334 370   360 433 345
Felsted 1486 1503 1724 1788 1798 1715 1804 2012 1956 1859 1945 1969 2089 1845   1896 2056 3018
Gt Canfield 337 392 434 511 496 470 468 436 342 313 271 305 254 340   329 363 390
Gt
Chesterford		 600 650 755 873 917 1024 1027 940 913 859 785 825 766 704   726 659 885
Gt Dunmow 1828 2015 2409 2462 2792 3235 2976 2983 3005 2781 2704 2792 2506 2882   3370 3827 4524
Gt Easton 628 662 755 840 929 937 891 931 782 674 644 648 632 565   695 691 748
Gt
Hallingbury		 549 555 678 695 690 710 675 651 628 581 514 490 497 530   959 1001 946
Gt Sampford 597 603 756 800 877 906 865 881 555 492 404 391 373 328   389 341 346
Hadstock 272 329 392 424 490 576 511 482 446 429 356 383 303 321   312 298 267
Hatfield
Broad
Oak		 1436 1321 1693 1825 1968 2034 1960 1936 1946 1747 1599 1672 1564 1648   1821 2083 2631
Hatfield
Heath		 above figures are for Hatfield Regis and therefore probably include Hatfield Heath
Hempstead 574 554 655 708 798 827 797 765 631 560 449 509 494 416   386 403 359
Henham 703 659 804 863 855 911 875 837 812 813 700 741 726 695   750 729 1085
High
Easter		 801 777 819 862 975 1043 947 921 799 690 652 669 613 566   581 571 599
Langley 247 288 320 384 448 483 410 438 400 378 317 302 283 263   254 273 255
Lindsell 267 295 353 381 393 378 385 403 274 232 187 202 176 192   236 217 195
Lt Bardfield 282 247 308 295 375 396 429 467 346 268 238 244 216 226   191 246 222
Lt Canfield 193 227 249 277 258 314 314 306 295 286 255 231 215 231   343 307 298
Lt
Chesterford		 120 156 192 211 229 272 276 234 214 205 628 235 176 177   174 213 189
Lt Dunmow 272 264 342 378 385 379 379 359 338 286 265 320 318 408   365 359 351
Lt Easton 227 271 303 350 343 396 357 335 295 336 325 274 277 269   312 327 336
Lt
Hallingbury		 408 451 470 483 497 517 514 556 5835 611 575 552 538 599   729 1025 1259
Lt Sampford 346 338 365 423 470 471 477 374 407 451 388 353 378 290   253 266 232
Lt Walden no information
Littlebury 495 568 766 875 822 934 974 880 795 777 209 595 548 521   592 511 588
Manuden 487 562 656 695 688 752 740 740 721 683 660 576 485 492   561 500 515
Newport SubD           5488 5040 5078 4850   3970 4020            
Newport
AP		 663 711 852 914 813 898 886 917 992 984 914 918 914     1090 1154 1262
Quendon 123 115 156 211 213 199 165 170 192 171 126 179 124          
Radwinter
SubD		           5137 5035 4877 4111 3136 3089              
Radwinter
AP		 650 663 773 819 915 916 946 986 842 799 689 641 556 536   471 511 445
Rickling 371 385 419 447 445 509 502 532 452 375 394 339 321          
The Rodings                                    
Abbess
Roding		 205 215 236 234 254 216 220 259 231 240 213 206 175 169        
Aythorpe
Roding		 259 241 234 259 285 276 269 249 237 193 213 202 198 210   230 169 230
High Roding 378 344 388 405 446 489 469 470 447 446 399 414 351 340   376 330 372
Leaden
Roding		 159 149 157 147 171 204 207 209 179 190 177 175 210 189   264 364 388
Margaret
Roding		 144 188 209 233 272 274 236 282 225 237 210 214 233 220   186 193 182
Morrell
Roding		 no information
White Roding 417 430 439 479 520 426 466 449 423 383 375 338 337 293   343 340 300
Saffron
Walden
PLU/RegD		 13097 13869 16168 17987 18830 20716 19721 19541 18588 17958 16132 16617            
Saffron
WaldenMB		                     5896 6311 5874 5930 7448
in
1939		 6828 7817 9972
Saffron
WaldenRSD		                   11854                
Saffron
WaldenUSD		                   6,104                
Saffron
WaldenSubD		           10091 9646 9586 9627 n/a 9026 9508            
Saffron
WaldenRD		                     10764 10810 10087 6358 18091
in
1939		 17567 17981 20831
Saffron
WaldenAP		 3181 3403 4154 4762 5111 5911 5474 5718 6060 6104 5896 6311 5874 5930   6828 7817 9972
Sewards End no information
Stansted
Mountfitchet
RD		                     6888 7066 6828 6981        
Stansted
Mountfitchet
AP		 1285 1334 1518 1560 1637 1719 1769 1988 1924 2117 2208 2344 2398 2488   2909 3376 4664
Stebbing 1026 1072 1311 1434 1458 1398 1346 1313 1118 994 911 976 889 898   1062 1035 1208
Strethall 60 56 54 41 37 45 41 52 43 42 62 50 38 34   55 23 20
Takeley 689 783 1134 1099 899 991 1000 926 824 890 815 811 849 848   1196 1647 2277
Thaxted
SubD		           4811 4563 4501 3874                 6851
ThaxtedAP 1894 1733 2045 2293 2527 2556 2302 2188 1914 1767 1659 1672 1596 1610   1837 1905 2108
Tilty 64 64 78 82 96 101 83 91 93 81 83 85 82 71   72 73 72
Ugley 304 299 329 318 381 450 404 356 401 398 305 335 384 378   447 423 358
Wendens
Ambo		 269 288 336 333 347 421 419 363 359 358 377 390 355 328   330 319 318
Wendens
Lofts		 no information
Wicken
Bonhunt		 123 128 122 134 158 156 173 210 162 166 138 163 118 161   173 156 160
Widdington 340 315 367 386 377 447 409 386 377 412 342 352 371 339   364 329 400
Wimbish 709 769 809 921 983 1004 939 906 846 729 578 601 572 617   1382 1083 795

 

Uttlesford District: Grouped Age Structure re-organised into three bands

Year
0 to 14
15 to 64
65 and up
1851 17,606 27,087 2,704
1881 16,327 23,104 3,262
1891 14,795 22,551 3,449
1911 11,405 24,073 3,666
1931 8,441 24,295 4,474
1951 9,221 27,671 6,007
1971 13,074 33,984 7,590
1981 13,366 39,344 8,532
1991 12,726 44,062 9,341
2001 13,239 45,168 10,533

 

Uttlesford District: Total Population 

Year Population 10 years earlier Total Population
1801   32,054
1811 32,054 33,308
1821 33,308 38,980
1831 38,980 42,253
1841 42,253 44,427
1851 44,427 47,421
1861 47,421 45,845
1871 45,845 44,269
1881 44,269 42,693
1891 42,693 40,796
1901 40,796 39,958
1911 39,958 39,140
1921 39,140 38,156
1931 38,156 37,208
1941 37,208 39,952
1951 39,952 42,899
1961 42,899 48,417
1971 48,417 54,648
1981 54,648 61,242
1991 61,242 66,128
2001 66,128 68,940

 

Uttlesford District: Fertile Age

 

Ages : grouped by fertility  male female
Data for 1851
Fertile 8,972 8,546
Other 15,341 14,538
Data for 1881
Fertile 6,753 7,191
Other 14,689 14,060
Data for 1891
Fertile 6,884 7,059
Other 13,560 13,292
Data for 1911
Fertile 7,926 7,498
Other 11,990 11,730
Data for 1931
Fertile 7,484 7,653
Other 10,810 11,263
Data for 1951
Fertile 8,873 8,825
Other 12,148 13,053
Data for 1971
Fertile 10,656 10,387
Other 16,564 17,041
Data for 1981
Fertile 12,872 12,258
Other 17,621 18,491
Data for 1991
Fertile 14,766 14,225
Other 18,312 18,826
Data for 2001
Fertile 13,799 13,454
Other 20,554 21,133

 

Uttlesford District: Population Change

Year   Change over 10 years
1811 1,254
1821 5,672
1831 3,273
1841 2,174
1851 2,994
1861 -1,576
1871 -1,576
1881 -1,576
1891 -1,897
1901 -838
1911 -818
1921 -984
1931 -948
1941 2,744
1951 2,947
1961 5,518
1971 6,231
1981 6,594
1991 4,886
2001 2,812