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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 18,816 in 1801 to 125,903 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 3.25 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 3.99 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 168.44 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 130.13 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
ST OLAVE SOUTHWARK	Official	English		01 Jan 1902	1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
ST OLAVE	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.
ST OLAVE BERMONDSEY	Alternate	English	01 Jan 1902		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
LONDON	Poor Law/Registration County	1881		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'.
SURREY	Poor Law/Registration County		1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 644.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1870	was enlarged by the abolition of	BERMONDSEY PLPar/RegD	Bermondsey became part of St. Olave Southwark	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was enlarged by the abolition of	ROTHERHITHE PLPar/RegD	Rotherhithe became part of St. Olave Southwark	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
BERMONDSEY	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1870		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'.
ROTHERHITHE	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1870		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'.
ST JAMES BERMONDSEY	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1870	01 Sep 1898	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST JOHN HORSLEYDOWN	Registration sub-District		01 Feb 1883	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office)
ST MARY MAGDALEN	Registration sub-District	01 Jan 1870	01 Sep 1894	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
ST OLAVE	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'.
BERMONDSEY AP/Vest/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 473.
ROTHERHITHE AP/CP/Vest	Parish-level Unit	1869	1899	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 489.
SOUTHWARK ST JOHN HORSLEYDOWN CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 491.
SOUTHWARK ST OLAVE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 491.
SOUTHWARK ST OLAVE AND ST THOMAS CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 308.
SOUTHWARK ST THOMAS CP/AP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 491.