Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

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Data for 1911 Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85 Male Female
0 to 4 41,871 Show data context 41,040 Show data context
5 to 9 40,824 Show data context 40,699 Show data context
10 to 14 38,474 Show data context 37,871 Show data context
15 to 19 33,964 Show data context 38,132 Show data context
20 to 24 30,318 Show data context 41,648 Show data context
25 to 29 31,546 Show data context 42,472 Show data context
30 to 34 32,417 Show data context 39,892 Show data context
35 to 39 29,862 Show data context 36,249 Show data context
40 to 44 26,124 Show data context 30,846 Show data context
45 to 49 21,861 Show data context 25,928 Show data context
50 to 54 17,992 Show data context 21,135 Show data context
55 to 59 14,041 Show data context 17,032 Show data context
60 to 64 11,199 Show data context 14,053 Show data context
65 to 69 8,824 Show data context 11,454 Show data context
70 to 74 5,801 Show data context 8,095 Show data context
75 to 79 3,130 Show data context 4,910 Show data context
80 to 84 1,498 Show data context 2,526 Show data context
85 & up 649 Show data context 1,201 Show data context
Data for 1921 Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85 Male Female
0 to 4 34,316 Show data context 33,285 Show data context
5 to 9 39,878 Show data context 39,519 Show data context
10 to 14 43,692 Show data context 42,428 Show data context
15 to 19 39,486 Show data context 42,622 Show data context
20 to 24 31,474 Show data context 41,316 Show data context
25 to 29 29,115 Show data context 40,056 Show data context
30 to 34 29,744 Show data context 40,013 Show data context
35 to 39 31,366 Show data context 40,743 Show data context
40 to 44 31,446 Show data context 38,776 Show data context
45 to 49 29,427 Show data context 34,985 Show data context
50 to 54 24,897 Show data context 29,586 Show data context
55 to 59 19,600 Show data context 23,634 Show data context
60 to 64 15,037 Show data context 18,866 Show data context
65 to 69 10,964 Show data context 15,221 Show data context
70 to 74 7,481 Show data context 11,194 Show data context
75 to 79 4,288 Show data context 7,153 Show data context
80 to 84 2,022 Show data context 3,747 Show data context
85 & up 790 Show data context 1,919 Show data context
Data for 1931 Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85 Male Female
0 to 4 40,255 Show data context 39,078 Show data context
5 to 9 43,136 Show data context 41,893 Show data context
10 to 14 41,465 Show data context 40,168 Show data context
15 to 19 46,007 Show data context 50,519 Show data context
20 to 24 49,421 Show data context 56,937 Show data context
25 to 29 47,916 Show data context 55,479 Show data context
30 to 34 42,117 Show data context 51,878 Show data context
35 to 39 38,323 Show data context 48,654 Show data context
40 to 44 37,211 Show data context 46,924 Show data context
45 to 49 35,764 Show data context 44,627 Show data context
50 to 54 33,465 Show data context 40,802 Show data context
55 to 59 28,805 Show data context 34,612 Show data context
60 to 64 22,646 Show data context 28,522 Show data context
65 to 69 16,660 Show data context 22,200 Show data context
70 to 74 10,938 Show data context 16,396 Show data context
75 to 79 6,098 Show data context 10,269 Show data context
80 to 84 2,791 Show data context 5,169 Show data context
85 & up 1,036 Show data context 2,697 Show data context
Data for 1951 Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85 Male Female
0 to 4 64,181 Show data context 61,589 Show data context
5 to 9 57,005 Show data context 54,169 Show data context
10 to 14 50,137 Show data context 48,011 Show data context
15 to 19 43,527 Show data context 48,481 Show data context
20 to 24 45,069 Show data context 52,555 Show data context
25 to 29 50,485 Show data context 57,155 Show data context
30 to 34 49,616 Show data context 56,783 Show data context
35 to 39 58,956 Show data context 67,462 Show data context
40 to 44 64,465 Show data context 70,655 Show data context
45 to 49 60,595 Show data context 67,206 Show data context
50 to 54 50,125 Show data context 60,239 Show data context
55 to 59 41,285 Show data context 51,497 Show data context
60 to 64 34,578 Show data context 46,685 Show data context
65 to 69 28,514 Show data context 41,013 Show data context
70 to 74 21,281 Show data context 33,284 Show data context
75 to 79 13,770 Show data context 23,001 Show data context
80 to 84 6,346 Show data context 13,080 Show data context
85 & up 2,633 Show data context 7,050 Show data context
Data for 1961 Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85 Male Female
0 to 4 61,803 Show data context 59,204 Show data context
5 to 9 57,746 Show data context 55,366 Show data context
10 to 14 69,601 Show data context 66,875 Show data context
15 to 19 59,100 Show data context 60,236 Show data context
20 to 24 47,896 Show data context 52,413 Show data context
25 to 29 48,346 Show data context 50,271 Show data context
30 to 34 51,769 Show data context 55,427 Show data context
35 to 39 57,086 Show data context 62,226 Show data context
40 to 44 55,187 Show data context 61,327 Show data context
45 to 49 62,555 Show data context 69,634 Show data context
50 to 54 64,727 Show data context 70,491 Show data context
55 to 59 57,345 Show data context 63,555 Show data context
60 to 64 41,829 Show data context 52,641 Show data context
65 to 69 29,422 Show data context 43,357 Show data context
70 to 74 21,537 Show data context 36,963 Show data context
75 to 79 14,860 Show data context 28,570 Show data context
80 to 84 8,270 Show data context 18,172 Show data context
85 & up 3,956 Show data context 11,279 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85 Male Female
0 to 4 37,200 Show data context 35,695 Show data context
5 to 9 42,315 Show data context 39,920 Show data context
10 to 14 38,590 Show data context 36,555 Show data context
15 to 19 35,000 Show data context 33,410 Show data context
20 to 24 35,680 Show data context 34,185 Show data context
25 to 29 30,645 Show data context 31,330 Show data context
30 to 34 29,450 Show data context 30,190 Show data context
35 to 39 30,575 Show data context 31,255 Show data context
40 to 44 31,955 Show data context 33,185 Show data context
45 to 49 33,495 Show data context 35,375 Show data context
50 to 54 30,510 Show data context 32,800 Show data context
55 to 59 31,655 Show data context 33,725 Show data context
60 to 64 28,350 Show data context 31,520 Show data context
65 to 69 20,820 Show data context 26,235 Show data context
70 to 74 12,595 Show data context 20,175 Show data context
75 to 79 7,465 Show data context 15,110 Show data context
80 to 84 4,460 Show data context 10,885 Show data context
85 & up 2,540 Show data context 8,050 Show data context
Date: Source:
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 8 , 'Administrative Counties, Urban Districts and Rural Districts - Persons, Males and Females at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups in each Administrative County (inclusive and exclusive of associated County Boroughs) and in the aggregates of Urban Districts, of County Boroughs and of Rural districts. Also Males and Females at these ages in each County Borough, Municipal Borough, other Urban District and Rural District, 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'
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Age and sex structure data in the categories used in the 2011 Key Statistics data. Wherever possible, we reorganise age structure data from other years to this same set of categories, and these are the categories we use in our redistricted statistics for modern units.


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Date accessed: 26th April 2024