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• Total Population 1801 to 1971: Population grew from 9,980 in 1801 to 56,703 in 1971.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 3,953 males aged 20 and over, 2,103 were Manufacturing.

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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
FIFE	Scottish County	1845	1975	1951 Census of Scotland, Table 1, 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs'.
DUNFERMLINE Burgh	Scottish Burgh/District	1891	1975	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1891	was reduced to enlarge	INVERKEITHING	Detached part	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 77.
1891	was enlarged by gaining part of	INVERKEITHING	The aforesaid detached part of the parish of Inverkeithing, and so much of the parish of Inverkeithing as lies to the west of the east march of the farm of Brucehaven (otherwise called Claysikes).	H. Shennan, Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland (Edinburgh: Wm. Green & Sons, 1892), p. 77.

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