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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 17,510 in 1801 to 151,025 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 4.71 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 3.89 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 159.44 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1901, and the lowest was 129.83 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

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
SWANSEA	Preferred	English			Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (359)
SWANSEA AND GOWER	Alternate	English			Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

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
GLAMORGAN	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (359)
GLAMORGAN	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
29 Sep 1857	was reduced to create	GOWER RegD/PLU	Gower formed from Swansea	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1875	was reduced to enlarge	PONTARDAWE RegD/PLU	The hamlets of Rhyndwyclydach and Mawr were transferred to the new district of Neath	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1876	was enlarged by gaining part of	NEATH RegD/PLU	Llansamlet was transferred to Swansea	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
GOWER	Registration sub-District		29 Sep 1857	British Parliamentary Papers
LLANDEILO TALYBONT	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'.
LLANGAFELACH	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'.
LLANSAMLET	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'.
SWANSEA	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'.
BISHOPSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1857	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CHERITON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
CLAS CP/Tn	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'.
ILSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
KNELSTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANDDEWI CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANDEILO TAL Y BONT CP/AP	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'.
LLANGENNITH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANGYFELACH AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANMADOG AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANSAMLET CP/AP	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'.
MAWR CP/Tg	Parish-level Unit		01 Jul 1875	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
NICHOLASTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OXWICH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OYSTERMOUTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PENDERI CP/Hmlt	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'.
PEN MAEN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PENNARD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PEN RHYS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PORT EINON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
REYNOLDSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RHOSILI CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
RHYNDWYGLYDACH CP/Hmlt	Parish-level Unit		01 Jul 1875	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JOHN NEAR SWANSEA CP/Ch/AP	Parish-level Unit			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST THOMAS CP/Hmlt	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'.
SWANSEA AP/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'.
SWANSEA HIGHER PA	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'.
SWANSEA HIGHER AND LOWER PA	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
SWANSEA LOWER PA	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'.
SWANSEA TOWN PA/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'.
Y COCYD CP/Tn	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'.