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• Total Population 1801 to 1891: Population grew from 4,672 in 1801 to 148,497 in 1891.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, 3.11 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 only 2.57 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1891: The highest rate recorded was 186.93 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 131.37 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
CARDIFF RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Apr 1897	Registrar General, Annual Report (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
CAERAU CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
CANTON CP	Parish-level Unit		01 Apr 1897	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
COGAN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
LAVERNOCK CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
LECWITH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
LLANDAFF CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
LLANDOUGH JUXTA PENARTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		01 Apr 1897	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MICHAELSTON LE PIT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
PENARTH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
RADUR CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ROATH CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
RUMNEY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST FAGANS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST JOHN CP	Parish-level Unit		01 Apr 1897	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'.
ST MARY CP	Parish-level Unit		01 Apr 1897	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'.
ST MELLONS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.