| 1696 |
872
|
(272 in
village, 19 in the village of Sandford)
|
| 1755 |
823 |
|
| 1790 |
1060 |
(593 in
village) |
| 1801 |
1259 |
|
| 1811 |
1655 |
|
| 1821 |
2038 |
|
| 1831 |
2359 |
(412 houses)
|
| 1841 |
2471 |
(1794 in
village - 116 from Sandford area) |
| 1851 |
2781 |
|
| 1861 |
3267
|
(2585 in
village with 520 houses)
|
| 1871 |
3177 |
(2623 in
village) |
| 1881 |
3172 |
(2615 in
village - 91 in the village of Sandford) |
| 1891 |
3398 |
(2868 in
village with 596 houses - 115 in the village of Sandford) |
| 1901 |
3665 |
|
| 1911 |
3688 |
|
| 1921 |
4202 |
|
| 1931 |
3703 |
(Drop,
primarily due to emigration and miners seeking work) |
| 1951 |
4306 |
|
| 1981 |
5171 |
|
| 1991 |
5033 |
|
| 1999 |
5291 |
(Voluntary
Survey) |
