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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 32,340 in 1801 to 86,851 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.33 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 3.84 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 224.22 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 154.06 in 1911.
• 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
WEST RIDING	Poor Law/Registration County			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 777.
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
22 Jul 1861	was reduced to enlarge	WAKEFIELD RegD/PLU	Lofthouse with Carlton	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Nov 1862	was reduced to create	KIRKSTALL RegD	SD of Hunslet remained as Hunslet, rest of RD of Hunslet became the RD of Kirkstall	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
16 Oct 1862	was reduced to create	HOLBECK RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar	Township of Holbeck made into Holbeck SD and transferred to create Holbeck RD	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
26 Mar 1862	was reduced to enlarge	TADCASTER RegD/PLU	Austhorpe	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
06 Aug 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	KIRKSTALL RegD	Hunslet gained Rothwell, Temple Newsam, Thorpe Stapleton, Whitkirk SD, and Rothwell SD as part of the dissolution of Kirkstall	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
10 Jul 1869	was enlarged by gaining part of	WAKEFIELD RegD/PLU	Oulton with Woodlesford	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1897	was reduced to enlarge	HOLBECK RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar	Hunslet (part of)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Feb 1897	was enlarged by gaining part of	HOLBECK RegD/PLU/PLPar/PLPar	Holbeck (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	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HUNSLET	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'.
KIRKSTALL	Registration sub-District		06 Nov 1862	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
NORTH EAST LEEDS	Registration sub-District		06 Nov 1862	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ROTHWELL	Registration sub-District		06 Nov 1862	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ROTHWELL	Registration sub-District	10 Aug 1869		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'.
TEMPLENEWSAM	Registration sub-District	01 Nov 1907		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'.
WHITKIRK	Registration sub-District		06 Nov 1862	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WHITKIRK	Registration sub-District	16 Aug 1869	01 Nov 1907	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
WORTLEY	Registration sub-District		06 Nov 1862	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
HUNSLET CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	06 Nov 1862	1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 564.
MIDDLETON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	10 Aug 1869	1920	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 583.
OSMONDTHORPE CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 590.
OULTON WITH WOODLESFORD CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	10 Aug 1869		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 591.
ROTHWELL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	10 Aug 1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 598.
TEMPLENEWSHAM CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	10 Aug 1869	1928	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 616.
THORPE STAPLETON CP/Tn	Parish-level Unit	10 Aug 1869	1925	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 619.