Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Ages

1851 Census of Great Britain, Ages (Sample Report Title: Population Tables II. Ages, Civil Conditions, Occupations and Birthplace of the People: with the Numbers and Ages of the Blind, the Deaf-and-Dumb, and the inmates of workhouses, prisons, Lunatic Asylums, and Hospitals. Part I.), Table [1] : " Ages of the People".

Show top level table	Shaftesbury	Show Dorset RegC table

Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	[Gender]	ALL AGES		Under 5 Years. [3]	5-- [4]	10-- [5]	15-- [6]	20-- [7]	25-- [8]	30-- [9]	35-- [10]	40-- [11]	45-- [12]	50-- [13]	55-- [14]	60-- [15]	65-- [16]	70-- [17]	75-- [18]	80-- [19]	85-- [20]	90-- [21]	95-- [22]	100 and upwds [23]
	[Gender]	Both Sexes. [1]	Males and Females. [2]	Under 5 Years. [3]	5-- [4]	10-- [5]	15-- [6]	20-- [7]	25-- [8]	30-- [9]	35-- [10]	40-- [11]	45-- [12]	50-- [13]	55-- [14]	60-- [15]	65-- [16]	70-- [17]	75-- [18]	80-- [19]	85-- [20]	90-- [21]	95-- [22]	100 and upwds [23]
Shaftesbury RegD/Inc/PLU Total	M.	13,029	6,325	804	820	708	676	507	431	379	343	350	276	269	207	188	124	136	67	26	10	4	0	0
	F.	-	6,704	805	771	689	662	576	517	439	368	364	306	284	236	228	183	143	69	44	17	1	2	0
Fontmell SubD	M.	3,355	1,680	217	185	188	181	155	107	95	94	105	72	73	54	54	28	39	18	10	4	1	0	0
	F.	-	1,675	185	195	180	151	141	129	107	91	94	77	72	74	57	52	36	22	8	4	0	0	0
Gillingham SubD	M.	4,553	2,239	300	303	252	226	163	158	139	115	117	90	102	78	60	51	48	28	5	1	3	0	0
	F.	-	2,314	306	271	227	202	190	186	158	128	117	111	100	80	79	62	53	25	15	3	1	0	0
Shaftesbury SubD	M.	5,121	2,406	287	332	268	269	189	166	145	134	128	114	94	75	74	45	49	21	11	5	0	0	0
	F.	-	2,715	314	305	282	309	245	202	174	149	153	118	112	82	92	69	54	22	21	10	0	2	0

Click on the triangles for all about a particular number.

This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.