POPULATION

A RECORD OF THE POPULATION OF LOUGHBOROUGH:
As many of the early records counted only families or heads of households, the number of actual people has been calculated using average family sizes at the time. Totals estimated in this way are indicated with (Est.)

1086: 176 est. (source: DOMESDAY SURVEY)

1377: 1,408 est. (POLL TAX)

1563: 1,024 est. (BISHOP OF LINCOLN)

1603: 1,800 est. (BISHOP OF LINCOLN)

1670: 1,652 est. (HEARTH TAX)

1676: 1,497 est. (BISHOP OF LINCOLN)

1705: 2,120 est. (BISHOP OF LINCOLN)

1761: 1,852 est. (COURT SUIT)

1781: 2,955 est. (COURT SUIT)

1791: 4,332 est. (COURT SUIT)

1801: 4,603 (CENSUS)

1811: 5,556 (CENSUS)

1821: 7,494 (CENSUS)

1831: 10,969 (CENSUS)

1841: 10,170 (CENSUS)

1851: 11,339 (CENSUS)

1861: 10,935 (CENSUS)

1871: 11,558 (CENSUS)

1881: 14,803 (CENSUS)

1891: 18,196 (CENSUS)

1901: 21,508 (CENSUS)

1911: 22,990 (CENSUS)

1921: 25,587 (CENSUS)

1931: 26,945 (CENSUS)

1941: ? (NO CENSUS)

1951: 34,731 (CENSUS)

1961: 38,638 (CENSUS)

1971: 45,863 (CENSUS)