Peterborough Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 15,310 Show data context
1811 15,310 Show data context 16,833 Show data context
1821 16,833 Show data context 19,703 Show data context
1831 19,703 Show data context 22,741 Show data context
1841 22,741 Show data context 25,473 Show data context
1851 25,473 Show data context 28,957 Show data context
1861 33,178 Show data context
1871 37,219 Show data context
1881 37,219 Show data context 41,504 Show data context
1891 41,494 Show data context 45,352 Show data context
1901 45,352 Show data context 53,859 Show data context
1911 53,859 Show data context 57,835 Show data context

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Peterborough Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10030006/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 10th April 2026