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8
POPULATION.
The deferred Census of the population was taken on Sunday,
19th June, 1921, and the total number of persons returned as living in
Hampstead was 86,080. This represents an increase of 585 on the total
population as ascertained at the Census of 1911. The following table
shows the population of Hampstead at each Census year, and the increase
in each inter-censal period since the taking of the first English Census
in 1801.
Increase of Population
Census Year. Census Population, per cent, during the
ten years.
1801 .. 4,343 .. —
1811 .. 5,483 .. 26
1821 .. 7,263 .. 32
1831 .. 8,588 .. 18
1841 .. 10,093 .. 17
1851 .. 11,986 .. 18
1861 .. 19,104 .. 59
1871 .. 32,271 .. 68
1881 .. 45,436 .. 40
1891 .. 68,425 .. 50
1901 .. 81,942 .. 20
1911 .. 85,510 .. 4.4
1921 .. 86,080 .. 0.68
This table shows that the population of Hampstead increased
considerably in every inter-censal period between 1801 and 1901, the
increase being most marked in the years between 1851 and 1891.
The Census of 1921 was originally chosen for the night of the
24th April, and while the 19th June, the date on which the postponed
enumeration actually took place, is not an ordinary holiday date, still,
the habit of going out of town for the week end is especially common in
June, so that it is obvious that the Census population of the Borough is
considerably lower than our normal population, for it should be
remembered that in November, 1919, upwards of 96,000 people in the
Borough were put upon rations. In view of these facts, and of the acute
housing difficulty, I still am of opinion that our normal population is
approximately 100,000.
In accordance with the prevailing custom I have adopted the
Registrar-General's estimate for the purposes of this Report, and this was
calculated to have been 86,890 at the middle of the year 1921.