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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 16,489 in 1801 to 79,158 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.33 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 4.8 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 176.54 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 126.66 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
WEST RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 777.
WEST RIDING	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
19 Jul 1861	was reduced to enlarge	SKIPTON RegD/PLU	The sub-district of Keighley lost the township of Silsden to Kildwick	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BINGLEY	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'.
HAWORTH	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'.
KEIGHLEY	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'.
BINGLEY Tn/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 515.
BINGLEY OUTER CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1898	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 515.
HAWORTH CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 555.
KEIGHLEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 566.
MORTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 585.
OAKWORTH CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 590.
OXENHOPE CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 592.
STANBURY CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 612.
STEETON WITH EASTBURN CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 613.
SUTTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 614.