Year
Population Statistics
Source/Notes
1085 - Domesday Book
1801 221 "The Comparative Account of the Population of Gt. Britain in the years 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831 with the annual value of real property in the year 1815 as required by the population act of 1830 ordered by THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, to be printed 18th Oct 1831."
1811 246 Parish Register
1821 302 Parish Register ("an increase of 60 since 1811"; the vicar's math seems a little off, but possibly just rounded up.)
1831 377 Directory 1836
1841 293 Directories 1845/46; drop in population possibly due to emigration schemes. Several families in the village emigrated at this time to Canada. See Emigration (see information at bottom of linked page)
1851 345 Directory 1854
1861 315 1861 Census; Directories 1863/64/65/69; Enumerator: James CLARE
1871 312 Directory 1875
1881 282 Directories 1883/88/90
1883 95 male adults
69 female adults"List of adults in Swanton Novers parish"; Norfolk Record Office ref. PD 636/16
1891 293 Directories 1892/96, 1900; Enumerator: Samuel DEWING
1901 345 Directory 1908; 1901 Census; Enumerator: Cornelius WOOD
1911 319 Directories 1912/16/22
1921 270 Directories 1925/29
1931 267? To be confirmed; Directories 1933/37
1941 - -
1951 - -
1961 - -
1971 - -
1981 - -
1991 235 North Norfolk District Council mid-year parish population estimates
1999 270 North Norfolk District Council mid-year parish population estimates
2000 270 North Norfolk District Council mid-year parish population estimates
2001 - -
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