Population

Church of St. Swithin, Compton Bassett

Year	Compton Bassett	Wiltshire
1801	366	185,107
1811	407	193,828
1821	480	222,157
1831	538	240,156
1841	498	258,733
1851	498	258,733
1861	369	249,311
1871	357	257,177
1881	374	258,965
1891	350	264,997
1901	317	271,394
1911	298	286,822
1921	334	292,208
1931	283	303,373
1951	323	386,692
1961	386	422,950
1971	330	486,747
1981	288	518,545
1991	271	564,471
2001	231	613,024
2011	227	650,745
2017	208	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.