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St Ives in the 1970s
Census
Data Key
Developments Map
of Town in 1971 Graphs showing developments
Population in 1971: 7,148
| The 1978 Town Centre Plan recorded
"the removal of unnecessary traffic from the town centre is still
the most urgent and significant problem", therefore a second
river crossing was critical for further expansion. Road links were not
improved until 1980 when the new two-lane river crossing and eastern
bypass were completed. |
| The working population during the
1970s was close to the number of jobs available and the percentage of
economically active people decreased as students remained in full-time
education. |
| The 1974 local Plan
misjudged population growth, the plan predicted a population of 16,000
by 1981, but the population only reached this in 1999! |
Census Data
| Population |
7,148 |
| No. of households |
2,295 |
| No. of dwellings |
2,514 |
| No. of people per room |
0.56 people |
| No. of people in private households |
7,080 (99%) |
| Average household size |
3.1 people |
| Working population |
3,000 |
| No. of jobs |
3,080 |
| Percentage of population economically
active |
63% |
Key Developments 1971 - 1980
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