Grouped Age Structure

Year	0 to 14	15 to 64	65 & up
1851	6,353,823	10,742,962	830,824
1861	7,150,024	11,984,393	931,807
1871	8,202,041	13,435,482	1,074,743
1881	9,468,591	15,317,204	1,188,644
1891	10,172,235	17,457,688	1,372,602
1901	10,545,739	20,464,351	1,517,753
1911	11,050,867	23,141,109	1,878,516
1921	10,500,765	25,094,828	2,291,106
1931	9,520,198	27,468,970	2,963,209
1951	9,691,512	29,241,575	4,824,802
1961	10,584,471	30,023,520	5,496,557
1971	11,571,943	30,642,278	6,493,250
1981	9,963,041	31,280,342	7,274,324
1991	9,711,998	33,262,103	8,125,981
2001	9,827,404	33,902,131	8,312,381

Date:	Source:
1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Ages, Table [1], 'Ages of the People'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2, 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1871	1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2, 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2, 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1891	1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2, 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1901	1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 26, 'Ages of Persons, Males and Females, in the Registration County, and in Registration Districts, 1901'
1911	1911 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 11, 'Registration Counties and Registration Districts - Persons, Males and Females in each registration county; Males and Females in each registration district at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups, 1911'
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14, 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 14, 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 21, 'Ages (quinary) by Marital Condition', for 'AC, Urban Area with population of 50,000 or more'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6, 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, NT'
1971 - 2001	Census of Population

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1851 - 1871	David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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