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Graph of census population 1801-1991

The gaps in the table below will be filled in as soon as I can find the required figures!
Note that the area of the township / civil parish has been extended a couple of times. It was once reckoned as not much over 12 hectares, but this ignored large waste areas of cliff and foreshore to the south and north of the village (as far as Lowca Beck); according to the first Ordnance Survey in 1861, it was actually 21 hectares. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was extended to 25 hectares, without any significant effect on population, but the massive extension to 58 hectares in 1924, taking in the area between the escarpment and the A595, added 65 people (mostly at the top of Brewery Brow) and, of course, made space for the development of the later housing estates between the two old Brow roads.

YearInh dwell'gsFamiliesMalesFemalesTotal popn.
1801 92 96 142 218 360
1811 100 117 209 263 472
1821 223 273 496
1831 122 138 264 295 559
1841 146 310 353 663
1851 162 379 399 778
1861 167 370 389 759
1871 187 187 454 404 858
1881 292 294 794 685 1479
1891 277 278 766 686 1452
1901 295 295 736 670 1406
1911 292 837 758 1595
1921 300 301 822 730 1552
1931 333 338 780 690 1470
1941 no census
1951 365 371 708 687 1395
1961 314 315 564 560 1124
1971 385 592 605 1197
1981 416 403 519 528 1047
1991 401 524 527 1051

The 1991 census found that 22.5% of Parton's population were under 16 years old, and 18% were pensioners. 13.6% of the population was suffering from long-term illness, 58.6% of women between the ages of 16 and 59 were in employment, 46.9% of households had no car.