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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 34,092 in 1801 to 250,825 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.51 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 3.86 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 218.27 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 139.31 in 1911.
• 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

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 721.
NEWCASTLE ON TYNE	Alternate	English			Local Government Board, Poor Law Returns to Parliament from 1871 onwards (HMSO)

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
NORTHUMBERLAND	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 721.
NORTHUMBERLAND	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

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
ALL SAINTS	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'.
BENWELL	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1905		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'.
BYKER	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'.
ELSWICK	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1905		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 ANDREW	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'.
ST NICHOLAS	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'.
WESTGATE	Registration sub-District		01 Jan 1905	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
BENWELL CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866	1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 319.
BYKER CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1866	1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 322.
ELSWICK CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 327.
FENHAM CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 328.
HEATON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 331.
JESMOND CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit		1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 334.
MOOT HALL PRECINCTS CP	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'.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CP	Parish-level Unit	1914		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ALL SAINTS CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ST ANDREW CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ST JOHN CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit		1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 339.
WESTGATE CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	1866	1914	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 349.