The Growth of Norwich

& Norwich Pubs

(from 1700)

2. Census Facts : 3. The Contemporary Scene

1. : Early Surveys

Population figures, of varying validity,
are available from the 1690s as follows :-

1693 - 28,881
1695 - 29,332
1696 - 28,546

It seems plausible, therefore, that the total reached
30,000 around the turn of the century.
The estimate for 1750 is 36,000 (vide 1752 = 36,159)

1786 (40,051) is the last (available) figure
which shows a rising trend.

It is considered that the effects of wars against France
were responsible for a definite decline in population
by the end of the century, and prior to the first census of 1801.

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2. : Census Facts

(nationally adjusted)
In the 1801 Census the (adjusted) figure was 38,502.
In 1811 the population was still only 38,795.
Astonishingly, only 10 years later it had
increased by 33.12% (to 51,645)

A further increase of 21.12% occurred
in the next ten years (62,552).
As a proportion of the 'original' 1811 population,
the increase (over the 20-year period) registered
no less than 61.24% !.

The decade 1831 - 41 saw a virtual standstill
(1.93% increase); although the next decade
saw a "healthy" plus 10.30%.

2. : Census Facts (contd.)

Over the rest of the half-century (to 1861) there was a
further increase of 8.30%; giving a new total population
of 74,414 - nearly double the figure in 1811.

In 1871, i.e. around the time of maximum
pub numbers, the population was 80,386.
It took until 1891 for the 100,000 mark to be hit :
i.e. 100,964

Forty years later (1931), a further quarter-increase
saw the number rise to 126,236.

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3. : The Contemporary Scene

Since the 1930s, numbers have tended -
if anything - to decline a little : on account of still
more "slum-clearance" and (the undoubted extra)
residents living just beyond the restrictive
City boundaries.

However, this website ignores the current illogical,
patchwork boundaries; and includes every settlement
within a four-mile radius of the Castle.

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