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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 16,040 in 1801 to 112,030 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 4.71 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 6.52 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 179.49 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 134.85 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
DEVON	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 586.
DEVON	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1897	was enlarged by gaining part of	PLYMPTON ST MARY RegD/PLU	Parts of Compton Gifford, Egg Buckland, Laira Green and Pennycross lost to Plymouth	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Mar 1898	was enlarged by gaining part of	PLYMPTON ST MARY RegD/PLU	Part of Plystock lost to Plymouth	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Apr 1899	was enlarged by gaining part of	PLYMPTON ST MARY RegD/PLU	Part of St Budeaux lost to Plymouth	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CHARLES	Registration sub-District		01 Feb 1907	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
PLYMOUTH NORTH	Registration sub-District	01 Feb 1907		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
PLYMOUTH SOUTH EAST	Registration sub-District	01 Feb 1907		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
PLYMOUTH SOUTH WEST	Registration sub-District			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
DEVONPORT ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 93.
DRAKES ISLAND ExP	Parish-level Unit			1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
PLYMOUTH CP	Parish-level Unit	1898	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 93.
PLYMOUTH CHARLES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 93.
PLYMOUTH LIGHTHOUSE ExP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
PLYMOUTH ST ANDREW CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1708	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 93.