Age & Sex Structure data in 5-year bands to age 95

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 95	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,936,113	1,918,270
5 to 9	1,847,295	1,849,501
10 to 14	1,747,631	1,752,057
15 to 19	1,654,895	1,681,726
20 to 24	1,502,652	1,673,066
25 to 29	1,455,783	1,623,277
30 to 34	1,375,872	1,501,303
35 to 39	1,261,432	1,351,838
40 to 44	1,075,076	1,157,535
45 to 49	926,102	999,487
50 to 54	768,231	834,449
55 to 59	608,005	670,426
60 to 64	477,151	542,803
65 to 69	365,896	440,918
70 to 74	236,868	316,685
75 to 79	127,466	182,463
80 to 84	56,403	87,761
85 to 89	18,457	32,221
90 to 94	3,739	7,821
95 & up	541	1,277

Data for 1921	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 95	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,681,439	1,640,264
5 to 9	1,766,560	1,752,366
10 to 14	1,837,125	1,822,701
15 to 19	1,727,823	1,775,231
20 to 24	1,448,385	1,703,067
25 to 29	1,339,960	1,620,290
30 to 34	1,281,320	1,519,649
35 to 39	1,273,321	1,471,913
40 to 44	1,223,054	1,378,121
45 to 49	1,162,158	1,243,968
50 to 54	971,021	1,043,130
55 to 59	781,608	849,117
60 to 64	601,235	680,768
65 to 69	449,363	536,699
70 to 74	280,491	376,320
75 to 79	158,540	234,038
80 to 84	66,997	112,857
85 to 89	20,331	40,007
90 to 94	3,907	9,262
95 & up	601	1,692

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 95	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,510,214	1,480,083
5 to 9	1,677,845	1,644,811
10 to 14	1,620,431	1,586,814
15 to 19	1,709,512	1,724,989
20 to 24	1,699,141	1,795,346
25 to 29	1,628,993	1,728,107
30 to 34	1,433,289	1,621,997
35 to 39	1,283,010	1,520,029
40 to 44	1,229,346	1,434,207
45 to 49	1,186,554	1,367,385
50 to 54	1,116,319	1,265,318
55 to 59	987,445	1,081,032
60 to 64	778,064	878,887
65 to 69	577,970	692,700
70 to 74	376,480	494,271
75 to 79	204,179	295,684
80 to 84	83,640	142,188
85 to 89	25,254	51,818
90 to 94	4,732	11,859
95 & up	592	1,842

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 95	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,903,556	1,814,087
5 to 9	1,616,393	1,545,542
10 to 14	1,428,601	1,383,333
15 to 19	1,335,299	1,369,175
20 to 24	1,427,228	1,500,231
25 to 29	1,625,799	1,654,084
30 to 34	1,513,922	1,564,583
35 to 39	1,632,545	1,690,673
40 to 44	1,657,866	1,707,340
45 to 49	1,556,408	1,615,765
50 to 54	1,317,921	1,506,890
55 to 59	1,089,294	1,333,711
60 to 64	938,813	1,204,027
65 to 69	780,640	1,048,784
70 to 74	591,207	836,630
75 to 79	374,500	549,190
80 to 84	164,813	281,240
85 to 89	50,564	107,126
90 to 94	9,169	25,727
95 & up	1,095	4,117

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 95	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,846,141	1,750,880
5 to 9	1,670,620	1,591,666
10 to 14	1,907,303	1,817,861
15 to 19	1,621,962	1,578,698
20 to 24	1,434,391	1,443,898
25 to 29	1,445,983	1,400,178
30 to 34	1,501,640	1,482,675
35 to 39	1,616,192	1,625,692
40 to 44	1,493,821	1,542,765
45 to 49	1,583,800	1,644,953
50 to 54	1,575,399	1,645,693
55 to 59	1,407,842	1,519,920
60 to 64	1,096,268	1,361,750
65 to 69	818,950	1,159,874
70 to 74	599,592	942,094
75 to 79	389,134	679,798
80 to 84	204,621	400,510
85 to 89	74,214	163,569
90 to 94	14,306	41,182
95 & up	1,654	7,059

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 95	Male	Female
0 to 4	2,002,850	1,901,890
5 to 9	2,074,250	1,969,805
10 to 14	1,865,280	1,761,725
15 to 19	1,696,110	1,617,515
20 to 24	1,876,075	1,855,075
25 to 29	1,612,130	1,579,180
30 to 34	1,460,280	1,411,020
35 to 39	1,409,830	1,376,415
40 to 44	1,466,780	1,468,345
45 to 49	1,551,800	1,583,660
50 to 54	1,411,950	1,485,405
55 to 59	1,433,690	1,541,950
60 to 64	1,330,190	1,510,720
65 to 69	1,063,320	1,336,445
70 to 74	691,950	1,086,145
75 to 79	409,695	775,800
80 to 84	217,035	490,145
85 to 89	84,390	229,705
90 to 94	21,695	70,940
95 & up	3,685	14,710

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'
1971	[ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]

 

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