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• Total Population 1801 to 1881: Population grew from 11,980 in 1801 to 91,958 in 1881.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1881: In 1851, 3.03 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1881 only 2.68 per cent were.
• 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
BLACKBURN RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District		01 Oct 1885	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
1-OCT-1885	was abolished to create	BLACKBURN NORTHERN		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
1-OCT-1885	was abolished to create	BLACKBURN SOUTH EASTERN		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BLACKBURN AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		1-OCT-1885	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'.