Bridgend and Cowbridge Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 12,352 Show data context
1811 12,352 Show data context 13,837 Show data context
1821 13,837 Show data context 15,920 Show data context
1831 15,920 Show data context 17,237 Show data context
1841 17,237 Show data context 21,355 Show data context
1851 21,355 Show data context 23,422 Show data context
1861 26,465 Show data context
1871 31,671 Show data context
1881 31,671 Show data context 38,920 Show data context
1891 41,004 Show data context 51,453 Show data context
1901 51,453 Show data context 67,453 Show data context
1911 67,453 Show data context 94,609 Show data context

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The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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

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Date accessed: 10th April 2026