Wakefield Registration Sub-District : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 8,131 Show data context
1811 8,131 Show data context 8,593 Show data context
1821 8,593 Show data context 10,764 Show data context
1831 10,764 Show data context 12,232 Show data context
1841 12,232 Show data context 14,754 Show data context
1851 14,754 Show data context 16,989 Show data context
1861 17,611 Show data context
1871 21,076 Show data context
1881 21,076 Show data context 22,173 Show data context
1891 22,459 Show data context 23,315 Show data context
1901 23,315 Show data context 24,107 Show data context
1911 41,413 Show data context 43,588 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, Wakefield Registration Sub-District through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10555140/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026