The South Somerset market town of Ilminster. How its population grew and grew, and is set to grow further.

The 1930 edition of The Automobile Association Handbook informs us that the population of Ilminster was then 2,367.  This year South Somerset District Council has released plans which requires the town to have an additional 839 homes by the year 2036. A conservative estimate of 3 residents per home would see an increase in population of 2,517, which will be greater than the entire population of the town in 1930! 

The following makes interesting reading.

Year       Ilminster Population.

1930      2,367.

1981      3,722.

2001      4,573.

2011      5,808.

2021      ????? It will be interesting to see what that year's Census reveals?!

2036       Easily above 10,000 I suspect.

I forecast the population of this small market town will be 5 times bigger in 2030 than it was in 1930!!

Note. The figures for 1981,2001 and 2011 are taken from the Census.