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• Total Population 1801 to 1881: Population grew from 892 in 1801 to 109,812 in 1881.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, only 2.32 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 2.5 per cent were.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

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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
WEST DERBY PLU/RegD	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	01 Jan 1881	01 May 1885	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
WEST DERBY RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Jan 1881	1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.

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
EVERTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			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'.
KIRKDALE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit			1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.