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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 7,939 in 1801 to 12,591 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.82 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.16 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 121.21 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 73.08 in 1911.
• 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
SUSSEX	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 694.
WEST SUSSEX	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 1870	was reduced to enlarge	MIDHURST RegD/PLU	The sub-district of Midhurst gained Heyshott from the abolished sub-district of Sutton	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was reduced to enlarge	PETWORTH RegD/PLU	Barlavington, Bignor, Burton, Bury, Coates, Duncton, Egdean, Fittleworth, Greatham and Sutton transferred. The sub-district of Sutton was abolished	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was reduced to enlarge	WESTHAMPNETT RegD/PLU	The sub-district of South Bersted (parishes of Bersted and Bognor)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Aug 1896	was enlarged by gaining part of	WESTHAMPNETT RegD/PLU	Rumboldswyke, Porthfield, St Pancras Rural and Sub-Deanery Rural lost to Chichester	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1896	was enlarged by gaining part of	WESTHAMPNETT RegD/PLU	Chichester (part of), Donnington (part of), New Fishbourne (part of)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BOGNOR	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1870	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CHICHESTER	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'.
SUTTON	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1870	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BARLAVINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BERSTED CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BIGNOR AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BURTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
BURY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHICHESTER CP	Parish-level Unit	1896	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
CHICHESTER ALL SAINTS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
CHICHESTER NEWTOWN CP/ExP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST ANDREW AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST BARTHOLOMEW AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST JAMES CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST MARTIN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST OLAVE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST PANCRAS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST PETER THE GREAT AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER ST PETER THE LESS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CHICHESTER THE CLOSE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
CLAPHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
COATES AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
DUNCTON CP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
EGDEAN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
FITTLEWORTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
GREATHAM CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HEYSHOTT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		Between 1861 and 1871	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PATCHING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SLINDON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1858	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST BARTHOLOMEW RURAL CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1895	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
ST PANCRAS RURAL CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
SUB DEANERY RURAL CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1896	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
SUTTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
THE GUMBER ExP	Parish-level Unit		1858	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
WARNINGCAMP Tg/CP	Parish-level Unit	1866	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 524.