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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 9,409 in 1801 to 49,070 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.56 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 5.87 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 189.31 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 116.76 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
MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 680.
MUTFORD	Alternate	English			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'.

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
SUFFOLK	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 680.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jul 1891	was reduced to enlarge	YARMOUTH PLU/RegD	Parish of Gorleston transferred from the district of Mutford to Yarmouth	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jul 1891	was reduced to enlarge	YARMOUTH PLU/RegD	Lowestoft lost the parishes of Somerleyton, Herringfleet, Ashby and Lound to Belton	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BELTON	Registration sub-District	01 Jul 1891		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'.
GORLESTON	Registration sub-District		01 Jul 1891	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'.
LOWESTOFT	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'.
OULTON BROAD	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'.
ASHBY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 448.
BARNBY CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 449.
BELTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 449.
BLUNDESTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 450.
BRADWELL CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 450.
BURGH CASTLE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 451.
CARLTON COLVILLE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 452.
CORTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 452.
FLIXTON Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 454.
FRITTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 455.
GISLEHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 455.
GORLESTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1891	[ERROR: authority is 'SRC' but src_id is null]
GUNTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 455.
HERRINGFLEET CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 456.
HOPTON ON SEA CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 457.
KESSINGLAND CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 459.
KIRKLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1907	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 459.
LOUND CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 460.
LOWESTOFT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 460.
MUTFORD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 460.
OULTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 461.
OULTON BROAD ExP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1904	1919	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 461.
PAKEFIELD CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 461.
RUSHMERE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 463.
SOMERLEYTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 463.