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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 2,189 in 1801 to 28,100 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, 3.27 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 only 2.53 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 176.4 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1911, and the lowest was 114.16 in 1881.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
NEWTON IN MAKERFIELD	Preferred	English			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'.
NEWTON	Alternate	English			1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts'.
NEWTON IN MACKERFIELD	Alternate	English			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Ages of the People'.

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
WARRINGTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.

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
HAYDOCK CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			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'.
NEWTON LE WILLOWS CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			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'.