Chelmsford Registration Sub-District : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 3,393 Show data context
1811 3,393 Show data context 3,788 Show data context
1821 3,788 Show data context 4,310 Show data context
1831 4,310 Show data context 4,726 Show data context
1841 4,726 Show data context 5,018 Show data context
1851 5,018 Show data context 5,021 Show data context
1861 5,076 Show data context
1871 5,178 Show data context
1881 5,178 Show data context 4,959 Show data context
1891 5,006 Show data context 5,060 Show data context
1901 14,529 Show data context 16,317 Show data context
1911 16,317 Show data context 18,367 Show data context

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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.


How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10538361/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026