Population Growth

Histon and Impington have grown rapidly, more rapidly than the County as a whole. This is largely on account of the need to provide homes for the rapid recent growth in and around the City of Cambridge.

This is particularly noticeable for Impington, which is continuing to grow.

Detailed population figures

Year	Impington	Histon	Total
1801	92	523	615
1811	126	535	661
1811	126	535	661
1821	149	678	827
1831	211	784	995
1841	248	859	1107
1851	273	1011	1284
1861	335	971	1306
1871	387	1017	1404
1881	398	969	1367
1891	418	948	1366
1901	641	980	1621
1911	742	1385	2127
1921	876	1521	2397
1931	1429	1722	3151
1951	1429	2555	3984
1961	1232	3258	4490
1971	1261	3699	4960
1981	2120	4384	6504
1986	2830	4010	6840
1991	2970	4100	7070
1995	3090	4320	7410
1996	3130	4360	7490
1998	3830	4350	8180
1999	3890	4400	8290
2001	4025	4362	8387
2003	4090	4450	8540
2005	3950	4330	8280

Over the years a number of boundary adjustments have taken place, and this has accounted for some of the changes. These adjustments were:

1981-1991
Histon	From/To	Impington	-388
Impington	From/To	Histon	388
1951-1961
Histon	To	Girton	-16
Histon	To	Oakington	-6
Impington	To	Girton	-73
1931-1951
Histon	To	Girton	-22
Impington	To	Cambridge	-341
1911-1921
Impington	From	Milton	67

Information provided by Cambridgeshire County Council. Statistics are available for the whole County. See here for information on the historic census figures above, and essential caveats.