Portland Registration Sub-District : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 1,619 Show data context
1811 1,619 Show data context 2,079 Show data context
1821 2,079 Show data context 2,254 Show data context
1831 2,254 Show data context 2,670 Show data context
1841 2,670 Show data context 2,852 Show data context
1851 2,852 Show data context 5,195 Show data context
1861 8,468 Show data context
1871 9,907 Show data context
1881 9,907 Show data context 10,061 Show data context
1891 10,061 Show data context 9,443 Show data context
1901 9,443 Show data context 15,199 Show data context
1911 15,199 Show data context 17,011 Show data context

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10538543/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026