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• Total Population 1801 to 1881: Population grew from 3,059 in 1801 to 9,197 in 1881.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, 4.77 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 only 3.28 per cent were.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
WEST HOUGHTON	Preferred	English		01 Feb 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
WESTHOUGHTON	Alternate	English			1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.

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
BOLTON RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Feb 1884	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)

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
WESTHOUGHTON Tn/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'.