Population

Church of St. Michael and All Angels, West Overton

Year	West Overton	Wiltshire
1801	538	185,107
1811	563	193,828
1821	734	222,157
1831	718	240,156
1841	791	258,733
1851	791	258,733
1861	703	249,311
1871	650	257,177
1881	673	258,965
1891	606	264,997
1901	500	271,394
1911	515	286,822
1921	466	292,208
1931	454	303,373
1951	468	386,692
1961	471	422,950
1971	478	486,747
1981	571	518,545
1991	629	564,471
2001	660	613,024
2011	637	650,745
2017	635	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.