Smiffy49 590 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Does anyone know the current population of Nottingham? Also what was it say in the 1960's, how does it compare to today? What area have grown and now become part of Nottingham. I do know that the Clifton Estate expanded the boundaries of Nottingham when it was built, but how about other areas? Just interested...that's all... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Some of it is here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham Today we are apparently around 310,000; scroll down a bit and you can see figures going back to the 4th century when it was less than 37. Wouldn't have been many Nottstalgia members in those days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 It seems that the 2011 census gave a city population of around 305,000. 2013 estimate is between 310/311,000. This of course does not include the surrounding districts that are continuously built up, but outside the city council administration - e.g. West Bridgford, Carlton/Netherfield/Gedling, Arnold, Nuthall, Beeston. It seems that adding these on (and possibly a few others) increases the population to about 730,000. I guess those with maps can say which bits of land have (like Clifton) been absorbed into the city over the years - the Geographia series always used to mark the local authority boundaries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Interesting that in the past 50 years, assuming like for like, Nottingham's population has apparently declined by more than 12%. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Not trying to be contentious or anything, but if the population has declined by twelve percent what happened? It should have increased if only by immigration. Did many of the 50s and 60s folks emigrate? I know I did and can name quite a few friends from the same period who did also. If I can think of several in my small circle, the actual rate might have been quite large. They were the days of ten pound trips to Aus'. Interesting topic. I would have expected the population of Nottingham and area to be much higher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 I think the decline can partly be explained by various baby booms, and I saw it in Clifton. When I was a kid in the 50s & 60s, Clifton was full of families with several children, born to couples who had got married just after the war - including my parents. As those children (e.g. me) grew up in the 1970s and 80s, they moved away to do their own thing, but the parents stayed in the house they'd lived in since the 50s. So by the 1980s the population of Clifton was considerably less than it had been 20 years earlier; it had become almost a retirement estate with elderly couples who'd been there 40 years. The children had been ....... and gone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 The decline was in part caused by the £10 assisted passage to Aus, how many eastern europeans have invaded here in recent years I dread to think. Bulwell somedays is like little Warsaw. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 It may also be partly because the population density in the city is now lower, owing to folk moving to the suburbs mentioned earlier, that are outside the city council area. Think of Victorian terraced housing demolished and replaced by lower density property. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 #7 Bulwell somedays is like little Warsaw. Could be worse though, catfan, at least it's not little Bucharest. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 The total population may not have differed much but its composition has changed, and due to Nottingham's historical tolerance of immigrants, its much to the better. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Not everyone would agree with you,mercurydancer ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 13 May 2015 at 11:35 AM, Smiffy49 said: Does anyone know the current population of Nottingham Wild guess 320.000 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 Last I heard it was around the 3/4 million mark but considerably more if you count temporary residents - students for example Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 Yes Brew, I recently heard that it's apparently near 900k, but I think that's stretching it a bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 781,151 Here: http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/nottingham-population/ Slightly different view here: https://nottinghaminsight.org.uk/population/ May depend upon how you define 'Nottingham' Students spend at least £50 per week on eating out, buying groceries and boozing. That is a massive contribution to the local economy, which costs the City little or nothing to maintain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 One of those links mentions 'Mosaic' and 'Experian' so there may be some extra 'guests' crawling around on here today! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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