Tunbridge Wells District : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 18,613 Show data context
1811 18,613 Show data context 21,799 Show data context
1821 21,799 Show data context 26,590 Show data context
1831 26,590 Show data context 30,289 Show data context
1841 30,289 Show data context 32,716 Show data context
1851 32,716 Show data context 36,256 Show data context
1861 36,256 Show data context 40,624 Show data context
1871 40,624 Show data context
1881 48,528 Show data context
1891 48,528 Show data context 51,705 Show data context
1901 51,705 Show data context
1911 69,649 Show data context
1921 69,649 Show data context 68,568 Show data context
1931 68,568 Show data context 69,552 Show data context
1941 69,552 Show data context
1951 76,725 Show data context
1961 76,725 Show data context 80,550 Show data context
1971 80,550 Show data context 87,391 Show data context
1981 87,391 Show data context 95,165 Show data context
1991 95,165 Show data context 98,916 Show data context
2001 98,916 Show data context 104,030 Show data context
2011 115,049 Show data context
2021 115,325 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, Tunbridge Wells District through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th February 2026