Demographics
At the time of the 2001 census, the population of the City of Lichfield was 27,900. Lichfield is 98.1% white and 79% Christian. 56.7% of the population over 16 were married. 63.2% were employed and 16% of the people were retired. All of these figures were higher than the national average.
| Population growth of the City of Lichfield since 1685 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1685 | 1781 | 1801 | 1831 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |||||||
| Population | 3,040 | 3,555 | 4,840 | 6,252 | 7,900 | 8,616 | 8,393 | 8,507 | 10,260 | 14,090 | 22,660 | 25,400 | 28,666 | 27,900 | |||||||
| %± | - | 16.9% | 36.1% | 29.2% | 26.4% | 9.1% | -2.6% | 1.35% | 19.1% | 37.3% | 60.8% | 12.1% | 12.9% | -2.7% | |||||||
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