Population of Hullavington
1801-2001

(Population data taken from official government census figures)

Researched and compiled by Paul Hadley

Over the 200 years between 1801 and 2001 the population of Hullavington has grown  from 395 to 1247, that being a c 300% increase.

 There  have been a number of perturbations in the population, some readily explainable such as:  the influx of  navvies to  build the railway in the late 1890s  and their departure  before  the census of 1911;  there is also    the increase in the 1961 census figure due to  the building of Wellington Place. The drop in population  between 1871 and 1891 of  191 (26%) is staggering. There was a lot of emigration at this time and better registration, but  I can't see this accounting for any where near the 26% decline.

Since 1951,  the population has   over doubled  and the rate of increase continues apace. This large increase is set against  as backdrop of  decreasing  village  shops, pubs, garages etc.  And to  illustrate this: in the 1960s there were 4 shops, 2 garages and 2 pubs , today we have 1 shop, 1 garage and 1 pub. There is also an increase in traffic  using basically the same local roads  that were here a century  or more ago.

The school has steadily been  improved from the first free national school built in 1833 to what we have now. 

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