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• Total Population 1801 to 1911: Population grew from 8,744 in 1801 to 48,351 in 1911.
• Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1851 to 1911: In 1851, only 5.59 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1911 8.45 per cent were.
• Infant Mortality Rate 1871 to 1911: The highest rate recorded was 129.11 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1891, and the lowest was 95.36 in 1881.
• 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
EAST PRESTON	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.
WORTHING	Alternate	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 513.

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
SUSSEX	Poor Law/Registration County	1850		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 695.
WEST SUSSEX	Administrative County			Ministry of Health, Persons in Receipt of Poor-Law Relief (England and Wales) (H.M.S.O.)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
01 Jan 1870	was reduced to enlarge	PETWORTH RegD/PLU	Amberley, North Stoke and Wiggonholt transferred from the sub-district of Arundel to Northern	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1870	was reduced to enlarge	STEYNING RegD/PLU	The parish of Lancing was taken from Broadwater and added to Shoreham in Steyning	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
01 Jan 1904	was reduced to enlarge	STEYNING RegD/PLU	Broadwater (part of)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
ARUNDEL	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'.
LITTLEHAMPTON	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'.
WORTHING	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'.
AMBERLEY AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1791	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
ANGMERING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1791	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
ARUNDEL AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
BROADWATER CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1799	1902	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 504.
BURPHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1791	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 505.
CLAPHAM AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 506.
CLIMPING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1799	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 507.
DURRINGTON ExP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1803	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 508.
EAST PRESTON AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1791	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 520.
FERRING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1791	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
FORD AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1799	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
GORING BY SEA AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1791	1929	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 510.
HEENE ExP/Ch/CP	Parish-level Unit			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'.
HOUGHTON CP/Ch	Parish-level Unit	1803	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 514.
KINGSTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
LANCING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1835	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 515.
LITTLEHAMPTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1791	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 517.
LYMINSTER AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1791	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 517.
NORTH STOKE CP/AP	Parish-level Unit		1869	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PATCHING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
POLING AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1806	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.
RUSTINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1806	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 520.
SOUTH STOKE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
TORTINGTON CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1799	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 524.
WARNINGCAMP Tg/CP	Parish-level Unit	1869	1930	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 524.
WEST TARRING CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1803	1902	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 523.
WICK CP/ExP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.
WIGGONHOLT CP/AP	Parish-level Unit	1836	1869	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 525.
WORTHING Tn/CP	Parish-level Unit			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 526.