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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 7,026 in 1801 to 23,359 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.12 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.52 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 114.15 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 96.61 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
KENT	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 635.
KENT	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 Jun 1895	was reduced to enlarge	CANTERBURY RegD/Inc	Parts of Hackington and Sturry were lost to the parish of St Mary Northgate in the sub-district of Cantebury	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1910	was reduced to enlarge	CANTERBURY RegD/Inc	Christchurch, St Dunstan Within, St Gregory the Great, Staplegate, Archbishops Palace Precincts	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
HERNE	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'.
STURRY	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'.
WHITSTABLE	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'.
CANTERBURY CHRISTCHURCH CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 635.
CANTERBURY ST GREGORY THE GREAT CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 635.
CANTERBURY THE ARCHBISHOPS PALACE PRECINCTS CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 635.
CHISLET AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 266.
HACKINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 273.
HERNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
HERNE BAY CP	Parish-level Unit	1894		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
HOATH Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
RECULVER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 285.
SEASALTER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 288.
STAPLEGATE CP/Vle/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 290.
ST COSMUS AND ST DAMIAN IN THE BLEAN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 286.
ST DUNSTAN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 286.
ST DUNSTAN WITHIN CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1910	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 287.
ST DUNSTAN WITHOUT CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 287.
STURRY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 291.
SWALECLIFFE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 291.
WESTBERE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 294.
WHITSTABLE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 294.
WHITSTABLE CUM SEASALTER CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 294.
WHITSTABLE URBAN CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 294.