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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 11,520 in 1801 to 43,452 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.26 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 5.22 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 149.57 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 107.59 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

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Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ESSEX	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 600.
ESSEX	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
COLCHESTER FIRST WARD	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1908	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
COLCHESTER NORTH WEST	Registration sub-District	01 Jul 1908		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'.
COLCHESTER SECOND WARD	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1908	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
COLCHESTER SOUTH EAST	Registration sub-District	01 Jul 1908		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'.
COLCHESTER THIRD WARD	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1908	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BERECHURCH AP/CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 131.
COLCHESTER CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ALL SAINTS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER HOLY TRINITY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST BOTOLPH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST GILES CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST JAMES AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST LEONARD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST MARTIN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST MARY AT THE WALLS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST MARY MAGDALEN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST NICHOLAS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST PETER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
COLCHESTER ST RUNWALD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 135.
GREENSTEAD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 138.
LEXDEN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 142.
MILE END ST MICHAEL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 145.