Hogwarts Upkeep - How big is the community?

[pengolodh_sc]

No: HPFGUIDX 36570

--- In HPforGrownups, "joanne0012" wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups, "Felicia Rickmann" wrote:

[snip]

> > In that case, any ideas anyone on exactly how big the
> > wizarding community within the UK is, or would need to be?
> > It's an interesting point to ponder as magic can onloy do
> > so much mending and organising within the school I suppose. 

[snip]

> But the underlying point is that the number of students
> (whatever that is) is in direct proportion to the size of the
> wizarding community. 

[snip]

> So the ratio of supporting adults to supported students would
> be higher among wizards than among muggles for two reasons --
> the longer lifespan, and the shorter number of years of
> education provided.

If you assume from evidence in the books that the average 
wizard/witch lives twice as long as the average muggle (a reasonable 
assumption IMHO), you can extrapolate the ratio - basically the total 
wizarding-population of the UK should be roughly twenty times as 
large as the number of students at Hogwarts.  

Best regards
Christian Stubø