Population

Church of St. Margaret, Chilmark

Year	Chilmark	Wiltshire
1801	406	185,107
1811	418	193,828
1821	524	222,157
1831	507	240,156
1841	593	258,733
1851	593	258,733
1861	642	249,311
1871	698	257,177
1881	554	258,965
1891	487	264,997
1901	411	271,394
1911	409	286,822
1921	352	292,208
1931	332	303,373
1951	405	386,692
1961	414	422,950
1971	380	486,747
1981	404	518,545
1991	425	564,471
2001	432	613,024
2011	525	650,745
2017	486	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.