Population

Church of St. John, West Grimstead

Year	Grimstead	Wiltshire
1801	327	185,107
1811	285	193,828
1821	268	222,157
1831	308	240,156
1841	361	258,733
1851	361	258,733
1861	387	249,311
1871	399	257,177
1881	358	258,965
1891	346	264,997
1901	321	271,394
1911	311	286,822
1921	259	292,208
1931	334	303,373
1951	310	386,692
1961	367	422,950
1971	559	486,747
1981	524	518,545
1991	514	564,471
2001	518	613,024
2011	534	650,745
2017	529	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.