England and Wales Country (Dep) : Age & Sex Structure data in single years under 5

Age & Sex Structure data in single years under 5

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Data for 1861 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 296,831 Show data context 294,803 Show data context
1 271,356 Show data context 269,646 Show data context
2 267,243 Show data context 266,704 Show data context
3 258,069 Show data context 256,254 Show data context
4 256,354 Show data context 253,360 Show data context
Data for 1881 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 375,544 Show data context 374,937 Show data context
1 340,137 Show data context 341,752 Show data context
2 350,285 Show data context 351,495 Show data context
3 343,508 Show data context 345,665 Show data context
4 341,626 Show data context 343,008 Show data context
Data for 1891 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 374,432 Show data context 380,101 Show data context
1 343,815 Show data context 347,775 Show data context
2 352,405 Show data context 354,774 Show data context
3 351,153 Show data context 355,121 Show data context
4 345,757 Show data context 348,157 Show data context
Data for 1901 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 399,875 Show data context 396,932 Show data context
1 363,424 Show data context 364,371 Show data context
2 366,824 Show data context 368,586 Show data context
3 363,161 Show data context 366,966 Show data context
4 362,077 Show data context 364,492 Show data context
Data for 1911 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 395,110 Show data context 386,618 Show data context
1 374,159 Show data context 368,709 Show data context
2 395,919 Show data context 393,376 Show data context
3 388,659 Show data context 388,683 Show data context
4 382,266 Show data context 380,884 Show data context
Data for 1971 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 396,114 Show data context 376,432 Show data context
1 389,993 Show data context 370,377 Show data context
2 399,313 Show data context 380,548 Show data context
3 399,861 Show data context 379,696 Show data context
4 413,956 Show data context 392,215 Show data context
Data for 1981 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 315,687 Show data context 301,709 Show data context
1 317,923 Show data context 302,294 Show data context
2 296,021 Show data context 280,127 Show data context
3 277,367 Show data context 262,936 Show data context
4 281,494 Show data context 267,227 Show data context
Data for 2001 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 299,495 Show data context 287,826 Show data context
1 309,996 Show data context 295,530 Show data context
2 319,172 Show data context 302,539 Show data context
3 323,228 Show data context 308,951 Show data context
4 330,990 Show data context 317,653 Show data context
Data for 2011 Sex
Age in single years between birth & 5 Male Female
0 364,563 Show data context 346,966 Show data context
1 360,138 Show data context 344,017 Show data context
2 356,860 Show data context 341,917 Show data context
3 358,783 Show data context 340,616 Show data context
4 349,400 Show data context 333,490 Show data context
Date Source
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration 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'
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Tables SAS06 and SAS07)
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (Table SAS02: "Age and Marital Status: All Residents)
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table CS001 - Age by sex and resident type)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table LC1117EW - "Sex by age")

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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, England and Wales Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Age & Sex Structure data in single years under 5, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026