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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 23,747 in 1801 to 81,678 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.85 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 4.3 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 156. infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 114.71 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
STOKE DAMEREL	Official	English		09 Nov 1898	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
DEVONPORT	Preferred	English	09 Nov 1898		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 586.

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
09 Nov 1898	was enlarged by gaining part of	PLYMPTON ST MARY RegD/PLU	Parts of St Budeaux and Pennycross lost to Devonport	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
CLOWANCE	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1875	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
MORICE	Registration sub-District		01 Apr 1900	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'.
ST AUBYN	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'.
STOKE	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'.
TAMAR	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 AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 97.