Welshpool Parish (AP/CP) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 2,295 Show data context
1811 2,295 Show data context 2,850 Show data context
1821 2,850 Show data context 3,535 Show data context
1831 3,535 Show data context 4,533 Show data context
1841 4,533 Show data context 4,626 Show data context
1851 4,626 Show data context 4,391 Show data context
1901 4,510 Show data context 4,328 Show data context
1911 4,328 Show data context 4,166 Show data context
1921 4,166 Show data context 3,925 Show data context
1931 3,925 Show data context 3,711 Show data context
1951 3,711 Show data context 3,776 Show data context
1961 6,036 Show data context 6,330 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 5 , 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'

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Comparing the total population of an area for consecutive Censuses.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Welshpool Parish (AP/CP) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026