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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 17,412 in 1801 to 37,280 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.5 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.36 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 164.14 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 132.75 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

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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
01 Jul 1878	was enlarged by gaining part of	ST THOMAS RegD/PLU	Heavitree lost the parish of St Leonard with the exception of the house, grounds &c. known as Larkbear and the Topsham artillery baracks to St Sidwell	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1914	was enlarged by gaining part of	ST THOMAS RegD/PLU	Area: 1539 acres. Population in 1921: 10970.	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 6, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1911-21'.; Registrar General's Order

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
EXETER	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'.
EXETER WESTERN	Registration sub-District		01 Aug 1898	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CLOSE OF ST PETERS CATHEDRAL ExP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER ALLHALLOWS GOLDSMITH STREET CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER ALL HALLOWS ON THE WALLS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER BEDFORD CIRCUS CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER BRADNINCH PRECINCT CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER CASTLE YARD CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER HOLY TRINITY AP/Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER ST DAVID CP/Ch/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER ST EDMUND AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER ST GEORGE THE MARTYR CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 84.
EXETER ST JOHN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST KERRIAN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST LAWRENCE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST MARTIN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST MARY ARCHES AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST MARY MAJOR AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST MARY STEPS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST OLAVE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST PANCRAS AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST PAUL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST PETROCK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST SIDWELL CP/Ch/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
EXETER ST STEPHEN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 85.
ST LEONARD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	01 Jul 1878		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'.