Population

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Great Somerford

Year	Great Somerford	Wiltshire
1801	358	185,107
1811	412	193,828
1821	481	222,157
1831	500	240,156
1841	556	258,733
1851	556	258,733
1861	532	249,311
1871	541	257,177
1881	550	258,965
1891	530	264,997
1901	501	271,394
1911	464	286,822
1921	421	292,208
1931	448	303,373
1951	482	386,692
1961	504	422,950
1971	662	486,747
1981	652	518,545
1991	734	564,471
2001	737	613,024
2011	737	650,745
2017	756	0

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Note: There are some apparent anomalies in the census figures whereby there is a large increase or decrease in population over a ten year period. There are many reasons for these, including boundary changes, influx or removal of military personnel, expansion or closure of industries or, in the extreme case of Imber, the relocation of the entire population. We are unable to provide notes for all of these but they can be found in The Victoria History of Wiltshire, Vol.4 in the chapter on population. Where there is no population figure against a date in the table above, we have been unable to identify a separate total for that community as it may have been combined with another community, or did not exist in its present form, at that date.