The census information provides data on a ward/parish basis, as follows:

• 1801 – 793
• 1811 – 719
• 1821 – 785
• 1831 – 1019 – Commencement of the Haggerleases Branch railway and coal mining.
• 1841 – 1729 – Growth of coal mining with the development of Gordon, Thrushwood, Craggwood, Evenwood and Norwood Collieries and housing for miners at the Oaks and Gordon New Row.
• 1851 – 1381 – Reduction of population possibly as a result of pitmen’s families moving from the area following the 1844 miners’ strike.
• 1861 – 2674 – Coal mining back on track
• 1871 – 3060
• 1881 – 2954
• 1891 – 3882
• 1901- 4428 – Randolph Colliery commenced 1898.
• 1911 – 4987
• 1921 – 5,109
• 1931 – 4,444: Between 1921 and 1931, the population fell by 13%.
• 1941 – no census due to the war.
• 1951 – 3,090:  Between 1931 and 1951, the population fell by 30%.
• 1961 – 3,156
• 1971 – to date, no data found.
• 1981 – 2,992
• 1991 – 2,749
• 2001 – 2,534
• 2011 – 2,455
• 2021 – 2,410

Since the end of WW1, between 1921 the population peak and 2021, the population had fallen by 2611 from 5,109 to 2,410, which is 52.8%.

Since the end of WW2, between 1951 and 2021, the population has fallen by 680 from 3090 to 2410, which is 30.9%.