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• Total Population 1801 to 1881: Population grew from 20,465 in 1801 to 270,369 in 1881.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, only 3.58 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 4.07 per cent were.
• 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
LONDON	Poor Law/Registration County			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'.
MIDDLESEX	Poor Law/Registration County		1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Apr 1875	was reduced to create	FULHAM RegD/PLU	Fulham, St. Paul Hammersmith, and St. Peter Hammersmith became part of the new RD of Fulham	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
14 Jun 1883	was reduced to enlarge	HENDON PLU/RegD	Part of St. Mary Paddington parish transferred to parish of Willesdon	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
FULHAM	Registration sub-District		01 Apr 1875	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
KENSINGTON SOUTH	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1885	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'.
KENSINGTON TOWN	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1885	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'.
ST JOHN PADDINGTON	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1885	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST MARY PADDINGTON	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1885	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST PAUL HAMMERSMITH	Registration sub-District		01 Apr 1875	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST PETER HAMMERSMITH	Registration sub-District		01 Apr 1875	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
FULHAM Vest/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		01 Apr 1875	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
HAMMERSMITH Vest/Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit	1837	1845	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 325.
KENSINGTON Vest/AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		01 Jan 1885	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 331.
PADDINGTON Vest/CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		01 Jan 1885	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.