Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Data for 1851	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	25,892	25,549
5 to 9	23,939	24,055
10 to 14	21,712	21,380
15 to 19	19,706	21,279
20 to 24	17,025	21,724
25 to 29	14,630	18,586
30 to 34	13,351	15,826
35 to 39	11,621	13,458
40 to 44	11,006	12,646
45 to 49	9,364	10,049
50 to 54	8,482	9,510
55 to 59	6,121	7,059
60 to 64	5,796	6,746
65 to 69	3,712	4,808
70 to 74	3,207	4,065
75 to 79	1,758	2,351
80 to 84	877	1,210
85 & up	370	644

Data for 1861	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	28,150	28,006
5 to 9	25,102	25,310
10 to 14	23,291	23,299
15 to 19	20,402	22,626
20 to 24	16,504	22,149
25 to 29	14,120	18,420
30 to 34	13,180	16,510
35 to 39	12,141	14,538
40 to 44	11,651	13,591
45 to 49	9,807	11,395
50 to 54	9,062	10,323
55 to 59	7,066	7,732
60 to 64	6,539	7,689
65 to 69	4,293	5,353
70 to 74	3,320	4,153
75 to 79	1,855	2,473
80 to 84	1,045	1,415
85 & up	370	655

Data for 1871	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	31,323	30,937
5 to 9	28,672	28,680
10 to 14	25,965	26,522
15 to 19	22,597	24,911
20 to 24	18,576	23,864
25 to 29	16,370	20,341
30 to 34	14,193	17,167
35 to 39	12,630	15,506
40 to 44	11,867	14,403
45 to 49	10,563	12,531
50 to 54	9,726	11,409
55 to 59	7,537	8,830
60 to 64	6,986	8,273
65 to 69	5,045	6,178
70 to 74	3,841	4,755
75 to 79	2,213	2,722
80 to 84	1,067	1,451
85 & up	412	697

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	33,197	33,995
5 to 9	31,174	31,254
10 to 14	29,534	29,330
15 to 19	25,459	27,645
20 to 24	19,287	25,322
25 to 29	16,983	21,357
30 to 34	15,050	18,188
35 to 39	13,623	16,143
40 to 44	12,654	15,108
45 to 49	10,599	13,150
50 to 54	9,555	12,032
55 to 59	7,988	9,600
60 to 64	7,534	9,138
65 to 69	5,304	6,828
70 to 74	3,863	5,036
75 to 79	2,306	3,179
80 to 84	1,095	1,506
85 & up	422	729

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	31,749	32,242
5 to 9	31,784	31,849
10 to 14	31,070	31,343
15 to 19	26,706	29,573
20 to 24	20,420	27,104
25 to 29	18,381	23,315
30 to 34	15,916	19,489
35 to 39	14,657	17,255
40 to 44	13,239	15,734
45 to 49	11,694	13,997
50 to 54	10,380	12,703
55 to 59	8,143	10,127
60 to 64	7,336	9,518
65 to 69	5,625	7,417
70 to 74	4,256	5,797
75 to 79	2,464	3,543
80 to 84	1,097	1,706
85 & up	424	833

Data for 1901	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	35,509	35,360
5 to 9	34,758	35,139
10 to 14	34,339	34,739
15 to 19	31,157	34,621
20 to 24	25,630	33,548
25 to 29	23,082	29,227
30 to 34	20,731	25,385
35 to 39	19,202	22,335
40 to 44	16,155	19,568
45 to 49	14,325	16,971
50 to 54	12,503	14,738
55 to 59	10,166	12,335
60 to 64	8,651	10,869
65 to 69	6,286	8,362
70 to 74	4,505	6,453
75 to 79	2,769	4,078
80 to 84	1,395	2,292
85 & up	469	975

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	32,728	32,471
5 to 9	33,543	33,616
10 to 14	33,178	33,670
15 to 19	30,385	34,541
20 to 24	24,554	32,641
25 to 29	23,523	29,620
30 to 34	22,798	27,597
35 to 39	21,518	25,042
40 to 44	19,221	22,494
45 to 49	17,063	19,916
50 to 54	13,988	17,362
55 to 59	11,556	13,923
60 to 64	9,669	11,844
65 to 69	7,875	10,123
70 to 74	5,273	7,544
75 to 79	3,040	4,648
80 to 84	1,368	2,473
85 & up	547	1,218

Date:	Source:
1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Ages, Table [1] , 'Ages of the People'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts'
1871	1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Sub-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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