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• Total Population 1871 to 1911: Population grew from 21,617 in 1871 to 39,775 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1871 to 1911: In 1871, only 3.22 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 3.82 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 207.36 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 158.24 in 1881.
• 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 RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 776.
WEST RIDING	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 Dec 1862	was enlarged by gaining part of	KIRKSTALL RegD	Beeston and Churwell	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
16 Oct 1862	was created from part of	HUNSLET RegD/PLPar/PLU	Township of Holbeck made into Holbeck SD and transferred to create Holbeck RD	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Aug 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	KIRKSTALL RegD	Beeston and Churwell re-annexed to the sub-district of Holbeck as part of the dissolution of Kirkstall	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1897	was reduced to enlarge	HUNSLET RegD/PLPar/PLU	Holbeck (part of)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1897	was enlarged by gaining part of	HUNSLET RegD/PLPar/PLU	Hunslet (part of)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
HOLBECK	Registration sub-District	16 Oct 1862		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'.
BEESTON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	06 Aug 1869	1904	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 512.
CHURWELL CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	06 Aug 1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 527.
HOLBECK CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1862	1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 559.