Editing Wakefield (section)

===Population change===
Wakefield had a population of 76,886 in 2001.<ref name="Census2001tableKS01">[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls Office for National Statistics: ''Census 2001: Urban Areas: Table KS01: Usual Resident Population''] Retrieved 26 August 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203914/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls |date=28 June 2011}}</ref> At the 2011 Census, the population was given as 99,251.<ref name=2011Census>https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108122327/http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew |date=8 January 2018}} Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, West Yorkshire – Wakefield BUASD, code E35000474</ref> However, these two estimates are not directly comparable, as the 2001 Census did not classify the old [[Stanley Urban District, Yorkshire|Stanley Urban District]] as part of Wakefield whereas the 2011 Census classified all settlements in this area except [[Bottom Boat]] (a small village built for Newmarket Colliery workers) as parts of Wakefield.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
|+Population growth in Wakefield from 1881 to 1961
|-
!  Year
! 1881
! 1891
! 1901
! 1911
! 1921
! 1931
! 1939
! 1951
! 1961
|- style="text-align:center;"
!  Population
| 22,173
| 23,315
| 24,107
| 43,588
| 52,891
| 59,122
| 56,963
| 60,371
| 61,268
|-
| colspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|
Wakefield RSD 1881 – 1911<ref name="visionofbritain">{{cite web |url=http://vision.port.ac.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10555140&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Wakefield RSD: Total Population |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152414/http://vision.port.ac.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10555140&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Wakefield MB/CB 1921 – 1961<ref name="visionofbritain2">{{cite web |url=http://vision.port.ac.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10136313&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Wakefield MB/CB: Total Population |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152433/http://vision.port.ac.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10136313&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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