Population

Church of St. Andrew, Wootton Rivers

Year	Wootton Rivers	Wiltshire
1801	313	185,107
1811	367	193,828
1821	400	222,157
1831	405	240,156
1841	470	258,733
1851	470	258,733
1861	444	249,311
1871	432	257,177
1881	389	258,965
1891	331	264,997
1901	332	271,394
1911	325	286,822
1921	275	292,208
1931	256	303,373
1951	247	386,692
1961	239	422,950
1971	223	486,747
1981	247	518,545
1991	271	564,471
2001	243	613,024
2011	228	650,745
2017	238	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.