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Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

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Data for 1861	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,785	10,370
5 to 9	9,754	9,388
10 to 14	8,969	8,517
15 to 19	7,436	7,579
20 to 24	5,323	7,111
25 to 29	4,101	5,902
30 to 34	4,068	5,315
35 to 39	3,774	4,879
40 to 44	3,594	4,509
45 to 49	3,146	4,034
50 to 54	2,942	3,588
55 to 59	2,483	2,925
60 to 64	2,248	2,895
65 to 69	1,481	1,964
70 to 74	1,038	1,474
75 to 79	593	863
80 to 84	279	468
85 & up	105	209
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,737	11,225
5 to 9	10,707	10,775
10 to 14	10,067	9,775
15 to 19	8,559	8,606
20 to 24	6,346	7,826
25 to 29	5,291	6,597
30 to 34	4,422	5,531
35 to 39	4,004	5,163
40 to 44	3,845	4,801
45 to 49	3,247	4,159
50 to 54	3,196	4,042
55 to 59	2,669	3,382
60 to 64	2,362	2,972
65 to 69	1,721	2,377
70 to 74	1,284	1,819
75 to 79	801	1,078
80 to 84	353	544
85 & up	120	229
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	15,712	15,467
5 to 9	14,873	14,820
10 to 14	13,798	13,517
15 to 19	13,260	12,544
20 to 24	11,759	11,507
25 to 29	10,949	11,173
30 to 34	9,941	9,849
35 to 39	8,976	9,190
40 to 44	7,567	7,770
45 to 49	6,346	6,813
50 to 54	5,412	5,831
55 to 59	4,403	4,860
60 to 64	3,320	3,825
65 to 69	2,539	3,348
70 to 74	1,746	2,571
75 to 79	966	1,466
80 to 84	445	728
85 & up	160	373
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	12,044	11,742
5 to 9	13,540	13,309
10 to 14	12,633	12,486
15 to 19	12,690	11,792
20 to 24	11,700	11,513
25 to 29	10,692	11,228
30 to 34	9,592	10,452
35 to 39	8,323	9,763
40 to 44	7,775	8,881
45 to 49	7,618	8,486
50 to 54	7,253	7,782
55 to 59	6,569	7,067
60 to 64	5,168	5,829
65 to 69	3,901	4,670
70 to 74	2,683	3,342
75 to 79	1,482	1,980
80 to 84	567	994
85 & up	176	453
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	15,147	14,410
5 to 9	12,330	11,916
10 to 14	11,013	10,639
15 to 19	11,251	10,688
20 to 24	10,917	11,421
25 to 29	11,951	11,890
30 to 34	10,490	10,796
35 to 39	11,097	11,304
40 to 44	10,923	11,003
45 to 49	10,290	10,538
50 to 54	8,663	9,510
55 to 59	6,997	8,435
60 to 64	5,895	7,197
65 to 69	5,166	6,249
70 to 74	3,988	4,902
75 to 79	2,507	3,221
80 to 84	1,063	1,664
85 & up	329	759
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,723	14,110
5 to 9	13,492	13,003
10 to 14	14,739	14,196
15 to 19	11,972	11,503
20 to 24	9,721	10,093
25 to 29	9,565	9,724
30 to 34	9,986	10,572
35 to 39	11,064	11,346
40 to 44	9,873	10,414
45 to 49	10,410	10,935
50 to 54	10,214	10,675
55 to 59	9,183	9,841
60 to 64	7,209	8,554
65 to 69	5,286	7,298
70 to 74	3,699	5,446
75 to 79	2,664	3,877
80 to 84	1,403	2,058
85 & up	577	1,078
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,441	13,419
5 to 9	14,666	14,296
10 to 14	13,792	13,147
15 to 19	12,053	11,778
20 to 24	11,147	11,537
25 to 29	9,771	9,966
30 to 34	8,762	9,192
35 to 39	8,665	9,234
40 to 44	9,114	9,818
45 to 49	9,781	10,454
50 to 54	8,678	9,565
55 to 59	8,833	9,883
60 to 64	8,314	9,608
65 to 69	6,788	8,465
70 to 74	4,390	6,506
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	4,232	8,162

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,551	10,062
5 to 9	11,424	10,709
10 to 14	14,210	13,257
15 to 19	14,495	14,039
20 to 24	12,517	11,686
25 to 29	10,900	10,782
30 to 34	12,144	12,093
35 to 39	10,070	9,949
40 to 44	9,022	9,214
45 to 49	8,557	8,829
50 to 54	8,600	9,365
55 to 59	8,998	9,725
60 to 64	7,431	8,772
65 to 69	7,093	8,882
70 to 74	5,630	7,751
75 to 79	3,504	5,914
80 to 84	1,548	3,423
85 & up	679	2,198
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,133	10,752
5 to 9	11,538	10,785
10 to 14	11,258	10,616
15 to 19	11,544	10,757
20 to 24	12,569	12,391
25 to 29	12,588	13,262
30 to 34	12,596	12,721
35 to 39	11,286	11,462
40 to 44	12,483	12,806
45 to 49	10,256	10,361
50 to 54	8,945	9,661
55 to 59	8,511	8,964
60 to 64	7,967	9,571
65 to 69	7,911	9,331
70 to 74	5,641	7,845
75 to 79	4,255	6,687
80 to 84	2,231	4,734
85 & up	1,040	3,145
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,842	9,372
5 to 9	10,928	10,566
10 to 14	11,801	11,446
15 to 19	11,323	10,915
20 to 24	10,275	10,559
25 to 29	9,771	10,193
30 to 34	12,404	13,212
35 to 39	12,963	14,032
40 to 44	12,726	12,966
45 to 49	11,344	11,798
50 to 54	12,416	12,965
55 to 59	10,239	10,668
60 to 64	8,608	9,357
65 to 69	7,601	8,704
70 to 74	6,297	8,056
75 to 79	4,781	7,303
80 to 84	2,672	4,931
85 & up	1,637	4,758
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,657	10,118
5 to 9	9,844	9,312
10 to 14	10,349	9,837
15 to 19	11,377	11,287
20 to 24	11,605	12,536
25 to 29	10,270	10,532
30 to 34	10,078	10,709
35 to 39	11,216	11,819
40 to 44	13,477	13,968
45 to 49	13,554	14,453
50 to 54	12,966	13,186
55 to 59	11,203	11,778
60 to 64	12,181	12,815
65 to 69	9,425	10,104
70 to 74	7,241	8,411
75 to 79	5,519	6,906
80 to 84	3,521	5,209
85 & up	2,460	5,275
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,613	7,995
5 to 9	9,988	9,412
10 to 14	11,124	10,544
15 to 19	11,010	10,513
20 to 24	11,305	11,574
25 to 29	9,760	10,132
30 to 34	10,448	11,383
35 to 39	10,592	11,465
40 to 44	10,540	11,466
45 to 49	10,816	11,518
50 to 54	13,056	13,961
55 to 59	13,727	14,734
60 to 64	12,780	13,506
65 to 69	10,742	11,712
70 to 74	10,004	11,317
75 to 79	7,811	9,068
80 to 84	4,551	5,785
85 & up	3,443	6,018
75 & up

Date	Source
1861	1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [5] , 'Ages of the Males and Females in the Town Districts'
1881	1881 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [1] , 'Ages of the Males and Females for every Quinquennial Period of Life, for the Registration Divisions, Counties, and Districts of Scotland'
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 19 A, 'Conjugal Condition and Age-distribution of Population - Of City or County'
1931	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 21 , 'Quinquennial Age-Groups and Conjugal Condition (All Ages) - All Burghs and Districts of Counties'
1951	1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 15 , 'Quinquennial age-groups by conjugal condition (all ages)', for 'Burghs, Wards of Cities, Districts of Counties'
1961	1961 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Martial Condition', for 'County, LB, SB, Districts of County, NT'
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)
1991	Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S02 Age and marital status: Residents [100%])
2001	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table CAS001 Age by sex and whether living in household or communal establishment)
2011	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (File LC1117SC.csv within Output_Area_blk.zip)
2021	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV102b - Age (20) by sex)

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Fife Council : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up