Population

Current Population of Herefordshire County

The most recent estimate of the population of Herefordshire is 177,800. This is the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) 2006 mid-year estimate.

The ONS has developed a new methodology to estimate international migration at a local authority level, and this was used for the first time in the 2006 mid-year estimates, published in August 2007. At the same time the population estimates for the years 2002 to 2005 were revised, using this new methodology.

The revised Herefordshire estimate for mid-2005 is 177,300, which suggests that the county's population grew by 0.3% between mid-2005 and mid-2006. This revised estimate is 1,500 people (0.8%) lower than the original figure of 178,800.

A breakdown of the current population by age and gender, and a comparison with the national age structure, can be downloaded from the box below. Full details of the effects of the new ONS methodology on population figures for Herefordshire can be found in the 'Commentary on Population Estimates' document in the resource box below; details of the methodologies can be found on the ONS website.

Sub-County Level Populations

A comprehensive set of population figures for areas smaller than county level (i.e. wards, parishes, output areas and super output areas) are only produced every 10 years, as part of the national Census of Population. However, the ONS has developed 'experimental' estimates for lower super output areas (LSOAs). There are 116 LSOAs in Herefordshire, and these 'nest' into the current ward boundaries. Estimates of the mid-2005 population of LSOAs were published in October 2007, in line with the revisions to the county-level mid-year estimates. These have been aggregated to produce estimates of the population of wards and market towns.

The LSOA and ward estimates for mid-2005, broken down by age and gender, are available to download from the box below. Also available from this box are the total estimated population for each of these areas for all years, mid-2001 to mid-2005.

Please note that at the current time, there are no estimates of the population of Herefordshire parishes. The revisions to the Herefordshire population estimates mean that the Research Team's previously published parish estimates for mid-2004 are no longer valid.

The 2001 Census populations of parishes, and wards, can be found in the 'Census' section.

Resources

Population of Herefordshire, 2006

Age & gender breakdown of the current population of Herefordshire county, plus a comparison with the national age structure

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Commentary on Population Estimates

Article summarising the revisions to the mid-year estimates; the current population structure of Herefordshire compared to England & Wales as a whole and changes since 2001 (as published in the August 2007 Quarterly Economic Report).

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Population Estimates of Herefordshire Wards and Towns, 2005

Current estimates of the population of wards in Herefordshire, and of Hereford City and the five market towns: numbers and percentages in broad age and gender groups.

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Population Estimates of Lower Super Output Areas in Herefordshire, 2005

Current population estimates of the population of lower super output areas in Herefordshire; numbers and percentages in broad age and gender groups.

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Total Population of Herefordshire LSOAs, Wards & Towns, 2001 to 2005

Estimated total population of all Lower Super Output Areas, wards and towns in Herefordshire for each year mid-2001 to mid-2005, and the total change over this period.

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