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According to Rugeley Online, the 2001 population was approx. 23,000 - I find it hard to believe it has grown to 40,000 in less than 5 years, as a previous edit claimed. — sjorford (talk) 19:58, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I've reverted again - please give a source for the 40,000 figure! See this page from Rugeley Online - the total of 22,950 given there includes Brereton and Etchinghill wards (Hagley and Western Springs form the bulk of the town). (I note that if you include Brereton and Etchinghill twice, you get close to 40,000, which may be where this figure has come from.) — sjorford++ 10:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Check out the Cannock Chase official website (of which Rugeley is part of and mentions Rugeley's population) this is where it was stated of 40,000 apx. I was stating what was written there. To be fair an household is usually worked out at 2.4 so by taking that into account has a basis it could be worked out by working out how many streets there are and how many houses per street with four per household (Has some families have less and some have far more this is only a rough guess at the population) although of late there has been a population boom in Rugeley which accounts for a jump. I am not disagreeing the the census just was adding what the Cannock Chase website had on there.

Can you post a direct link to the page you found it on? — sjorford++ 13:04, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

The page i was actually looking for I cannot find, not sure if it was has been moved or not, but did find this one. Hope it helps

http://www.expressandstar.com/es/features/community/townguides/rugeley.shtml

John Malia

I Rugeley Web would just like to mention, local artist John Malia. With already over 60 art exhibitions to his name, John is fast becoming one of the country's most prolific artists. To see the man himself visit http://www.rugeleyweb.com/Rugeley_Web_whats_next.html I am sure if you are from Rugeley you will probably have seen his familiar face. He is a feisty character, but once you get to know him he is excellent company. I happen to have one of his original water colors and i rate it as one of the top 5 paintings i have ever seen