Walsall District : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 17,789 Show data context
1811 17,789 Show data context 20,319 Show data context
1821 20,319 Show data context 22,310 Show data context
1831 22,310 Show data context 27,394 Show data context
1841 27,394 Show data context 37,630 Show data context
1851 37,630 Show data context 47,399 Show data context
1861 47,399 Show data context 64,853 Show data context
1871 64,853 Show data context
1881 109,416 Show data context
1891 109,416 Show data context 126,212 Show data context
1901 126,212 Show data context
1911 159,082 Show data context
1921 159,082 Show data context 169,864 Show data context
1931 169,864 Show data context 181,825 Show data context
1941 181,825 Show data context
1951 209,954 Show data context
1961 209,954 Show data context 234,693 Show data context
1971 234,693 Show data context 263,867 Show data context
1981 263,867 Show data context 264,265 Show data context
1991 264,265 Show data context 257,795 Show data context
2001 257,795 Show data context 253,499 Show data context
2011 269,323 Show data context
2021 283,902 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 population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026