County Durham Unitary Authority (UA) : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 63,851 Show data context
1811 63,851 Show data context 68,837 Show data context
1821 68,837 Show data context 79,441 Show data context
1831 79,441 Show data context 93,266 Show data context
1841 93,266 Show data context 131,524 Show data context
1851 131,524 Show data context 173,036 Show data context
1861 173,036 Show data context 225,453 Show data context
1871 225,453 Show data context
1881 329,875 Show data context
1891 329,875 Show data context 359,955 Show data context
1901 359,955 Show data context
1911 492,580 Show data context
1921 492,580 Show data context 529,981 Show data context
1931 529,981 Show data context 518,675 Show data context
1941 518,675 Show data context
1951 504,864 Show data context
1961 504,864 Show data context 512,147 Show data context
1971 512,147 Show data context 497,851 Show data context
1981 497,851 Show data context 500,358 Show data context
1991 500,358 Show data context 491,553 Show data context
2001 491,553 Show data context 493,470 Show data context
2011 513,242 Show data context
2021 522,378 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, County Durham Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026