Mid Devon District : Males & Females

Males & Females

Data cube chart.

Year Male Female
1801 20,089 Show data context 22,907 Show data context
1811 20,554 Show data context 23,364 Show data context
1821 23,763 Show data context 25,219 Show data context
1831 25,965 Show data context 26,966 Show data context
1841 27,042 Show data context 27,656 Show data context
1851 27,393 Show data context 28,032 Show data context
1861 28,604 Show data context 30,180 Show data context
1881 24,926 Show data context 26,009 Show data context
1891 24,016 Show data context 25,524 Show data context
1911 21,701 Show data context 23,106 Show data context
1921 20,282 Show data context 21,912 Show data context
1931 20,572 Show data context 22,050 Show data context
1951 21,793 Show data context 23,701 Show data context
1961 22,798 Show data context 24,290 Show data context
1971 24,603 Show data context 26,334 Show data context
1981 27,859 Show data context 29,690 Show data context
1991 31,268 Show data context 32,950 Show data context
2001 34,048 Show data context 35,582 Show data context
2011 38,070 Show data context 39,680 Show data context
2021 40,403 Show data context 42,363 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
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, Mid Devon District through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Males & Females, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026