Grouped Age Structure

Year	0 to 14	15 to 64	65 & up
1851	753,579	1,523,476	85,181
1861	926,904	1,776,184	100,901
1871	1,081,973	2,050,829	121,458
1881	1,282,895	2,392,711	140,877
1891	1,372,207	2,672,512	167,024
1901	1,357,874	2,993,213	185,454
1911	1,303,033	2,997,702	220,950

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'

 

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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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