Fitzroy VFL-AFL Membership figures and Average Home Crowds

[Roylion]

Fitzroy VFL-AFL Membership Figures
(Sources: "Fitzroy Football Club: The First One Hundred Seasons' and AFL Season Guide)

Year - Members - Average Home Crowd
1904 - 1,600 -
1913 - 3,064 -
1923 - 4,056 - 19,846
1932 - 2,650 - 13,000
1942 - 1,110 - 9,938
1947 - x,xxx - 16,800
1948 - x,xxx - 17,111
1949 - x,xxx - 12,800
1950 - x,xxx - 13,722
1951 - x,xxx - 15,611
1952 - 3,189 - 18,311
1953 - 3,090 - 15,555
1954 - x,xxx - 17,444
1955 - x,xxx - 18,111
1956 - x,xxx - 16,166
1957 - x,xxx - 17,444
1958 - x,xxx - 21,300
1959 - x,xxx - 18,715
1960 - x,xxx - 21,461
1961 - x,xxx - 22,086
1962 - 3,584 - 16,111
1963 - x,xxx - 16,511
1964 - x,xxx - 13,110
1965 - x,xxx - 13,259
1966 - x,xxx - 13,229
-----Leaves Brunswick St Oval
1967 - x,xxx - 11,775
1968 - x,xxx - 12,153
1969 - x,xxx - 13,044
1970 - 2,722 - 15,007
1975 - 2,407 - 14,017
1980 - 5,547 - 16,271
1981 - 8,202 - 16,927
1982 - 7,505 - 21,676
1983 - x,xxx - 19,102
1984 - 8,085 - 16,511
----- Leaves Junction Oval
1985 - 6,909 - 13,519
1986 - 7,952 - 15,578
----- Leaves Victoria Park
1987 - 4,503 - 11,498
1988 - 6,203 - 12,248
1989 - 3,970 - 13,976
1990 - 6,028 - 12,403
1991 - 5,876 - 11.240
1992 - 5,177 - 13.709
1993 - 6,853 - 14,672
----- Leaves Princes Park for Western Oval
1994 - 8,164 - 12,561
1995 - 8,806* (Club record) - 11,587
1996 - 7,628 - 9,482

 

[mountain roy]

I read somewhere our membership numbers actually went down after our great 1983 season but have been unable to verify.
Thanks, Roylion for the figures above.