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• Total Population 1801 to 1921: Population grew from 1,809 in 1801 to 17,774 in 1921.
• Occupational Structure in 1831: Out of 767 males aged 20 and over, 229 were Agricultural Labourers.
• 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
GLAMORGAN	Ancient County			M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 153.
NEATH RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. 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'.
MARGAM UD	Local Government 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'.
MARGAM	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'.
MARGAM USD	Sanitary District			1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
NEWCASTLE Hundred	Ancient District			1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
09 Nov 1921	was abolished to enlarge	PORT TALBOT CP/AP	Area: 18515 acres.	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Intercensal Changes in Boundaries, 1921-31'.; M. of H. Provisional Orders Confirmation (Aberavon and Neath Extension) Act, 1921

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.