South Kesteven District : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 33,545 Show data context
1811 33,545 Show data context 36,872 Show data context
1821 36,872 Show data context 43,209 Show data context
1831 43,209 Show data context 48,543 Show data context
1841 48,543 Show data context 53,989 Show data context
1851 53,989 Show data context 61,107 Show data context
1861 61,107 Show data context 58,852 Show data context
1871 58,852 Show data context
1881 64,168 Show data context
1891 64,168 Show data context 63,053 Show data context
1901 63,053 Show data context
1911 65,128 Show data context
1921 65,128 Show data context 63,487 Show data context
1931 63,487 Show data context 63,476 Show data context
1941 63,476 Show data context
1951 70,389 Show data context
1961 70,389 Show data context 73,636 Show data context
1971 73,636 Show data context 78,939 Show data context
1981 78,939 Show data context 96,231 Show data context
1991 96,231 Show data context 108,678 Show data context
2001 108,678 Show data context 124,792 Show data context
2011 133,788 Show data context
2021 143,488 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, South Kesteven District through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 12th February 2026