Merton Parish (AP/CP) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 20 years earlier Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 813 Show data context
1811 813 Show data context 905 Show data context
1821 905 Show data context 1,177 Show data context
1831 1,177 Show data context 1,447 Show data context
1841 1,447 Show data context 1,914 Show data context
1851 1,914 Show data context 1,870 Show data context
1881 2,139 Show data context 2,480 Show data context
1891 2,480 Show data context 3,360 Show data context
1901 3,344 Show data context 4,510 Show data context
1911 4,510 Show data context 12,938 Show data context
1921 12,938 Show data context 16,177 Show data context
1931 16,177 Show data context 28,609 Show data context
1951 28,609 Show data context 39,313 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
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'

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This simple 5-way classification identifies which of the four 'nations' of the British Isles people were born in, plus a single category for all persons born in the rest of the world.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Merton 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