Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Data for 1851	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	27,557	27,654
5 to 9	25,439	25,428
10 to 14	23,311	22,821
15 to 19	21,015	20,987
20 to 24	17,448	20,068
25 to 29	15,339	17,963
30 to 34	13,450	15,264
35 to 39	11,710	12,638
40 to 44	10,793	11,508
45 to 49	9,859	10,236
50 to 54	9,227	9,361
55 to 59	7,197	7,426
60 to 64	6,526	6,908
65 to 69	4,134	5,020
70 to 74	3,502	4,271
75 to 79	2,488	3,009
80 to 84	1,234	1,598
85 & up	530	797

Data for 1861	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	27,458	26,903
5 to 9	24,889	24,637
10 to 14	23,347	23,028
15 to 19	19,927	20,437
20 to 24	14,927	18,572
25 to 29	12,781	16,294
30 to 34	12,125	14,625
35 to 39	11,864	13,459
40 to 44	11,314	12,972
45 to 49	9,806	10,563
50 to 54	8,570	9,201
55 to 59	7,704	7,989
60 to 64	7,409	7,597
65 to 69	5,344	5,818
70 to 74	4,045	4,689
75 to 79	2,183	2,805
80 to 84	1,176	1,600
85 & up	582	826

Data for 1871	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	27,624	27,155
5 to 9	25,755	25,702
10 to 14	23,708	23,076
15 to 19	19,688	19,567
20 to 24	15,027	17,919
25 to 29	12,559	15,589
30 to 34	11,297	13,590
35 to 39	10,628	12,616
40 to 44	10,707	12,711
45 to 49	10,400	11,487
50 to 54	9,725	10,799
55 to 59	7,807	8,325
60 to 64	7,044	7,450
65 to 69	5,745	6,413
70 to 74	4,662	5,114
75 to 79	2,801	3,236
80 to 84	1,458	1,816
85 & up	524	914

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	27,856	27,791
5 to 9	25,696	25,973
10 to 14	24,123	23,745
15 to 19	21,410	20,593
20 to 24	16,988	18,164
25 to 29	13,414	15,536
30 to 34	11,876	13,435
35 to 39	10,897	12,575
40 to 44	10,265	11,943
45 to 49	9,304	10,889
50 to 54	9,307	10,604
55 to 59	8,006	8,946
60 to 64	7,740	8,564
65 to 69	5,784	6,351
70 to 74	4,183	4,775
75 to 79	2,902	3,388
80 to 84	1,497	1,799
85 & up	558	834

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	27,784	28,007
5 to 9	27,496	27,638
10 to 14	25,959	25,751
15 to 19	22,050	21,664
20 to 24	16,246	18,904
25 to 29	15,122	17,272
30 to 34	14,063	14,875
35 to 39	11,989	13,411
40 to 44	10,966	12,470
45 to 49	9,961	11,488
50 to 54	9,080	10,500
55 to 59	7,585	8,809
60 to 64	7,288	8,646
65 to 69	6,136	7,095
70 to 74	4,974	5,828
75 to 79	3,045	3,560
80 to 84	1,389	1,749
85 & up	555	1,007

Data for 1901	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	25,722	25,808
5 to 9	25,434	25,915
10 to 14	25,642	25,456
15 to 19	22,670	22,867
20 to 24	16,914	19,981
25 to 29	14,893	17,937
30 to 34	14,001	16,040
35 to 39	13,795	15,201
40 to 44	12,920	13,852
45 to 49	10,775	12,127
50 to 54	9,639	10,879
55 to 59	8,300	9,426
60 to 64	7,314	8,481
65 to 69	5,849	7,025
70 to 74	4,691	5,730
75 to 79	3,141	3,864
80 to 84	1,702	2,179
85 & up	611	973

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	24,726	24,456
5 to 9	24,708	24,804
10 to 14	24,548	24,437
15 to 19	22,678	22,069
20 to 24	18,405	20,361
25 to 29	17,302	19,365
30 to 34	15,922	17,672
35 to 39	14,790	16,576
40 to 44	13,570	15,055
45 to 49	12,948	14,288
50 to 54	11,733	12,408
55 to 59	9,396	10,485
60 to 64	7,820	8,779
65 to 69	6,831	8,077
70 to 74	5,016	6,246
75 to 79	3,135	4,209
80 to 84	1,636	2,283
85 & up	740	1,223

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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