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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 9,356 in 1801 to 24,626 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 6.43 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 7.6 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 161.42 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 97.05 in 1891.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.

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 enlarged by gaining part of	BLEAN RegD/PLU	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 Dec 1910	was enlarged by gaining part of	BRIDGE RegD/PLU	Thanington Within, Holy Cross, Westgate Without	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jun 1910	was enlarged by gaining part of	BLEAN RegD/PLU	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
CANTERBURY	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 CP	Parish-level Unit	1897		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY ALL SAINTS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY BLACK PRINCES CHANTRY CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY CHRISTCHURCH CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1910	1912	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 EAST BRIDGE HOSPITAL CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY HOLY CROSS WESTGATE AP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY OLD CASTLE CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY ST ALPHEGE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
CANTERBURY ST ANDREW CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST AUGUSTINE ExP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST GEORGE THE MARTYR CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST GREGORY THE GREAT CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1910	1912	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 ST JOHNS HOSPITAL CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST MARGARET CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST MARTIN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST MARY BREDIN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST MARY BREDMAN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST MARY MAGDALEN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST MARY NORTH GATE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST MILDRED CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST PAUL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY ST PETER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
CANTERBURY THE ARCHBISHOPS PALACE PRECINCTS CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1910	1912	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 WHITE FRIARS ExP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 264.
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE WITHIN ParPart/CP	Parish-level Unit		1894	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 263.
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE WITHIN CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1897	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 275.
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE WITHOUT CP	Parish-level Unit	1910	1912	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'.
STAPLEGATE CP/Vle/ExP	Parish-level Unit	1910	1912	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'.
ST DUNSTAN WITHIN CP	Parish-level Unit	1910	1912	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'.
THANINGTON WITHIN CP	Parish-level Unit	1910	1912	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'.