Population Figures for Villages in 1981 and 1991??

[laren]

Hi,

I'm doing a One Place Study of Great Hallingbury in Essex. I've got population figures for the village for most decades, but can't find anything for 1981 or 1991. Can anyone point me in the right direction? All I want is basic population of the village in those years, no need for further breakdown.

Cheers,
Michelle

[polarbear]

I don't know if you found the info yet but would the local authority or its equivalent be able to tell you?

Regards
PB

[davidft]

If all else fails try these people (probably best to try email first).

Census Customer Services

Census Customer Services provide expert advice about the 2011 and earlier censuses.

Contact us

Email: census.customerservices@ons.gsi.gov.uk

tel: +44 (0)1329 444972

fax: +44 (0)1633 652981

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There are official reports on the 1981 and 1991 census as this link indicates

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/1991-and-earlier-censuses/1981-census-data/index.html

but not sure how you get to them

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Alternatively Great Hallingbury parish council is part of Uttlesford District Council. This is a link on how to contact Uttlesford District Council and near the bottom is an enquiry form

http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/findus

you could complete and send the enquiry form to see if they have and will provide the 1981 and 1991 population ststistics

(I assume this enquiry is still live as I have seen your (?) website and the figures are missing from there)

[davidft]

The population is available online but is a bit of a search to find. Using this website

https://census.ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/aggregate-data  go to Casweb and click on that.

In the next page start Casweb

Select the year you want

Then on its self explanatory what boxes to tick

When you get to the end you will get figures. Note for 1981 Great Hallingbury is split in two and in 1991 into three.

The population data (Great Hallingbury) is

1981 census  All present residents
Zone ID   [81sas010001] (Census reference only)
23HWAH01     510
23HWAH02     378

Total                  888

1991 census  All present residents

23HWFH01         513
23HWFH02         336
23HWFH03         109

Total                  958

Note I have only given the figures for all present residents. If you look at the data you will see they have ways of varying it

Note As these figures appear to show a fall in the population from 1971 it is possible the criteria for defining Great Hallingbury in 1971 was different to that used in the 1981 and 1991 censuses (1961 was 1001 and 1971 was 945 according to the blogspot). Of course it is possible the population did decline from the 1960's onwards and then started to increase again somewhere around the 1980's. You would need someone with local knowledge or to contact the Council as mentioned above to find out.

[laren]

Dear David and everyone else who responded!

Thank you for your response. It was exactly what I was after. I knew the data was out there somewhere but I just couldn't find it. I miss the old census data, simple is sometimes better!!

Cheers,
Laren