Lewes District : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 12,575 Show data context
1811 12,575 Show data context 14,893 Show data context
1821 14,893 Show data context 17,236 Show data context
1831 17,236 Show data context 19,259 Show data context
1841 19,259 Show data context 20,717 Show data context
1851 20,717 Show data context 21,476 Show data context
1861 21,476 Show data context 22,681 Show data context
1871 22,681 Show data context
1881 30,986 Show data context
1891 30,986 Show data context 31,938 Show data context
1901 31,938 Show data context
1911 37,181 Show data context
1921 37,181 Show data context 39,227 Show data context
1931 39,227 Show data context 44,110 Show data context
1941 44,110 Show data context
1951 51,986 Show data context
1961 51,986 Show data context 58,530 Show data context
1971 58,530 Show data context 73,197 Show data context
1981 73,197 Show data context 76,841 Show data context
1991 76,841 Show data context 86,955 Show data context
2001 86,955 Show data context 92,177 Show data context
2011 97,502 Show data context
2021 99,866 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1811 - 2001 Census of Population
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 8 , 'Administrative Counties, Urban Districts and Rural Districts - Persons, Males and Females at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups in each Administrative County (inclusive and exclusive of associated County Boroughs) and in the aggregates of Urban Districts, of County Boroughs and of Rural districts. Also Males and Females at these ages in each County Borough, Municipal Borough, other Urban District and Rural District, 1911'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14 , 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 15 , 'Ages and Marital Conditions - Abridged Analysis'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 22 , 'Ages (quinary) by Marital Condition - Abridged Analysis', for 'Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, NT'
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Tables SAS06 and SAS07)
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (Table SAS02: "Age and Marital Status: All Residents)
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S02 Age and marital status: Residents [100%])
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table CS001 - Age by sex and resident type)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table LC1117EW - "Sex by age")
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Age" (23 way) by "Sex")

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Total number of persons in employment across all industrial sectors.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lewes District through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 02nd June 2026