HC Deb 04 August 1965 vol 717 cc375-6W
Mr. J. Idwal Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the estimated population of each administrative county and county borough in Wales in 1964 and the comparable figures from the 1961 Census.

Mr. James Griffiths

The figures are given in the following table:

1961 Census Estimated Resident Population (Estimate Definition) * 1964 Registrar General's Mid- Year Estimates
Administrative Counties
Anglesey 52,158 53,650
Breconshire 54,317 54,320
Caernarvonshire 119,000 119,820
Cardiganshire 53,004 53,250
Carmarthenshire 167,710 166,600
Denbighshire 174,093 176,840
Flintshire 149,421 155,150
Glamorgan 744,391 755,480
Merioneth 38,524 38,870
Monmouthshire 335,562 348,640
Montgomeryshire 44,096 43,720
Pembrokeshire 93,587 95,350
Radnorshire 18,355 18,300
County Boroughs
Cardiff 255,790 260,340
Merthyr Tydfil 58,769 58,310
Swansea 165,836 170,160
Newport 107,233 107,590
WALES 2,631,846 2,676,390
* The Resident Population (Estimate Definition) as defined in the usual residence tables of the 1961 census, corresponds to that in the Registrar General's annual mid-year estimates. In it students, etc., are counted at their college or school and members of the armed forces at their station or married quarters.