Statistics

ST. AUSTELL PARISH

HISTORY

 

to see Occupations in St. Austell, 1841


POPULATION FIGURES FOR ST. AUSTELL
J. Mosman, OPC

1801 -   3,788 1871 - 11,793 1961 - 19,970
1804 -   4,100 * incl. St. Blazey 1881 - 11,286 1971 - 16,600**
1811 -   3,686 1891 - 11,377 1971 - 32,265 in actual census count, which included Fowey borough
1821 -   6,175 1901 - 11,998 1981 - 19,480
1831 -   8,758 1911 - 13,609 1991 - 20,395
1841 - 10,180, 140 in workhouse 1921 - 13,577 2001 - 21,110
1851 - 10,750 in parish 1931 - 20,464 incl. 8,295 in St. Austell .
1861 - 11,824 1951 - 20,813 .
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* figures from Church of England - 1941 was omitted ** = St. Austell town, Charlestown, &
   Bishop of Exeter's office           Carlyon Bay were included

POPULATION FIGURES FOR CORNWALL

1377 = 34,960
1851 = 355,558
1931 = 317,968
1700 = 105,800
1861 = 369,390
1941 = not given
1750 = 135,000
1871 = 358,356

1951 = 345,442
1801 = 194,500 (188,269)
1881 = 330,686
1961 - 342,301
1811 = 223,900 (216,667)
1891 = 322,571
1971 = 381,672
1821 = 262,600 (257,447)
1901 = 318,591
1981 = 418,631
1831 = 300,938
1911 = 328,098
1991 = 468,425
1841 = 341,279
1921 = 320,705..
2001 = 501,267
Where 2 figures appear,1st source Thos. Whillier, 2nd Ofc. of Nat'l Statistics; to 1831, no's. estimated
.
2007 = 529,500

taken from Thomas Whillier's "A General Directory to the Counties, Hundreds, Ridings, Wapentakes (etc.) in England, with the Population and Areas of the Several Counties" London, 1825, intended for the use of "Sheriff's, Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor, and others connected with parish affairs."

> population of Cornwall -
> 1801 = 194,500 percentage of increase, 15%
> 1811 = 223,900 percentage of increase, 17%
> 1821 = 262,600
> parishes, 197, Townships, Chapelries, Tythings, etc. = 18
> Occupation of Families:
> Agriculture=19,302
> Trades=15,543
> Others=16,357
> Annual Proportion: > one Baptism to 34
> one Burial to 71
> one Marriage to 151
> 99 County Magistrates
> Resident Population: Males=124,817 Females=132,630

 

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