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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 5,324 in 1801 to 61,572 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, 5.93 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 only 5.88 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 117.14 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1871, and the lowest was 95.56 in 1911.
• Occupational Structure in 1881:

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Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Unit associations

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Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
EAST SUSSEX	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)
SUSSEX	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 694.

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
EASTBOURNE	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'.
SEAFORD	Registration sub-District	01 Apr 1897		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'.
WESTHAM	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'.
ALCISTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1898	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 500.
ALFRISTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
BERWICK AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1898	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 502.
EASTBOURNE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 509.
EAST DEAN CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 508.
FOLKINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
FRISTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
HAMPDEN PARK CP	Parish-level Unit	1911		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 511.
JEVINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
LITLINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 516.
LULLINGTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 517.
NORWAY CP	Parish-level Unit	1894	1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 518.
PEVENSEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
SEAFORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
SELMESTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1898	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 521.
WEST DEAN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 508.
WESTHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.
WILLINGDON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.
WILMINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.