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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	24,300	24,251
5 to 9	19,947	20,050
10 to 14	17,175	17,256
15 to 19	15,322	16,164
20 to 24	14,758	17,056
25 to 29	13,372	15,397
30 to 34	12,756	14,212
35 to 39	11,049	11,999
40 to 44	10,440	11,482
45 to 49	7,854	8,521
50 to 54	6,572	7,355
55 to 59	4,410	5,245
60 to 64	3,907	5,086
65 to 69	2,142	3,214
70 to 74	1,439	2,423
75 to 79	679	1,228
80 to 84	267	572
85 & up	116	277
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	37,835	37,608
5 to 9	31,244	31,803
10 to 14	26,649	26,902
15 to 19	24,431	24,449
20 to 24	23,354	24,395
25 to 29	21,808	23,110
30 to 34	19,048	20,041
35 to 39	16,653	17,577
40 to 44	14,495	15,196
45 to 49	11,026	11,873
50 to 54	9,193	10,347
55 to 59	6,217	7,486
60 to 64	5,758	7,081
65 to 69	3,340	4,548
70 to 74	2,198	3,239
75 to 79	1,052	1,823
80 to 84	449	917
85 & up	168	366
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	37,656	37,783
5 to 9	34,323	34,382
10 to 14	31,011	30,950
15 to 19	28,545	28,499
20 to 24	26,285	27,371
25 to 29	24,197	25,116
30 to 34	21,417	21,845
35 to 39	18,551	19,237
40 to 44	15,922	16,432
45 to 49	13,570	14,061
50 to 54	10,878	11,743
55 to 59	7,339	8,212
60 to 64	6,092	7,280
65 to 69	3,933	5,171
70 to 74	2,648	3,923
75 to 79	1,218	2,139
80 to 84	526	1,015
85 & up	153	419
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	33,064	33,324
5 to 9	30,582	30,788
10 to 14	28,185	28,884
15 to 19	26,595	26,816
20 to 24	24,304	27,152
25 to 29	24,100	25,989
30 to 34	22,420	23,075
35 to 39	20,129	20,730
40 to 44	17,573	17,877
45 to 49	15,157	15,530
50 to 54	12,507	12,937
55 to 59	9,599	10,185
60 to 64	7,623	8,114
65 to 69	5,397	6,478
70 to 74	3,218	4,586
75 to 79	1,547	2,599
80 to 84	657	1,211
85 & up	234	584
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	20,085	19,688
5 to 9	22,766	22,482
10 to 14	22,302	21,865
15 to 19	26,135	26,463
20 to 24	25,801	27,152
25 to 29	23,018	23,533
30 to 34	18,529	20,350
35 to 39	15,809	18,604
40 to 44	15,608	18,264
45 to 49	15,546	17,909
50 to 54	14,995	16,147
55 to 59	12,934	13,764
60 to 64	10,223	11,043
65 to 69	7,472	8,664
70 to 74	4,818	6,243
75 to 79	2,549	3,758
80 to 84	1,033	1,806
85 & up	315	761
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	16,304	15,393
5 to 9	11,927	11,401
10 to 14	10,274	9,847
15 to 19	7,915	10,156
20 to 24	11,327	13,294
25 to 29	15,360	15,376
30 to 34	13,711	13,364
35 to 39	14,228	13,574
40 to 44	12,961	12,307
45 to 49	11,410	10,983
50 to 54	9,245	10,481
55 to 59	7,520	9,584
60 to 64	7,030	9,346
65 to 69	5,985	8,565
70 to 74	4,376	6,498
75 to 79	2,691	4,323
80 to 84	1,177	2,183
85 & up	418	1,102
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	12,275	11,757
5 to 9	10,855	10,277
10 to 14	12,772	12,292
15 to 19	10,660	10,525
20 to 24	10,633	11,341
25 to 29	10,388	10,140
30 to 34	10,578	10,327
35 to 39	11,701	11,690
40 to 44	10,555	10,616
45 to 49	11,678	11,516
50 to 54	11,115	10,817
55 to 59	9,401	9,610
60 to 64	6,887	8,642
65 to 69	4,816	7,417
70 to 74	3,524	6,572
75 to 79	2,480	5,106
80 to 84	1,222	2,814
85 & up	539	1,402
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,699	9,380
5 to 9	10,690	10,208
10 to 14	9,549	9,164
15 to 19	9,133	9,109
20 to 24	9,979	9,967
25 to 29	7,124	7,508
30 to 34	6,839	6,952
35 to 39	6,613	6,820
40 to 44	7,361	7,786
45 to 49	8,495	9,121
50 to 54	7,859	8,518
55 to 59	8,545	9,110
60 to 64	7,612	8,286
65 to 69	5,353	6,741
70 to 74	3,199	5,643
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	3,135	8,358

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,434	6,120
5 to 9	5,752	5,494
10 to 14	7,348	6,964
15 to 19	8,769	9,030
20 to 24	9,719	10,531
25 to 29	8,143	8,053
30 to 34	6,952	6,762
35 to 39	5,130	5,403
40 to 44	5,298	5,541
45 to 49	5,392	5,662
50 to 54	6,151	6,456
55 to 59	6,886	7,237
60 to 64	5,828	6,285
65 to 69	5,267	6,322
70 to 74	3,932	5,303
75 to 79	2,258	4,034
80 to 84	922	2,687
85 & up	462	1,891
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,785	8,405
5 to 9	6,992	6,830
10 to 14	5,937	5,542
15 to 19	5,413	5,603
20 to 24	9,139	10,644
25 to 29	12,062	14,086
30 to 34	10,060	10,571
35 to 39	6,906	7,187
40 to 44	6,269	6,293
45 to 49	4,837	5,125
50 to 54	5,021	5,077
55 to 59	4,768	5,057
60 to 64	5,122	5,117
65 to 69	4,751	5,418
70 to 74	3,321	4,343
75 to 79	2,539	4,025
80 to 84	1,327	2,704
85 & up	542	1,922
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,713	8,617
5 to 9	8,039	7,665
10 to 14	7,141	6,805
15 to 19	6,697	7,100
20 to 24	11,016	10,951
25 to 29	12,651	13,237
30 to 34	13,245	13,641
35 to 39	12,338	12,134
40 to 44	9,146	8,849
45 to 49	6,483	6,733
50 to 54	5,473	5,729
55 to 59	4,139	4,521
60 to 64	3,991	4,376
65 to 69	3,467	3,776
70 to 74	2,952	3,463
75 to 79	2,300	3,259
80 to 84	1,198	2,168
85 & up	754	2,004
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,522	10,217
5 to 9	7,913	7,649
10 to 14	7,197	6,900
15 to 19	7,813	8,153
20 to 24	12,630	14,366
25 to 29	17,652	18,073
30 to 34	16,194	16,103
35 to 39	13,120	12,179
40 to 44	12,001	10,925
45 to 49	9,988	10,133
50 to 54	7,932	8,138
55 to 59	5,538	5,546
60 to 64	4,411	4,661
65 to 69	3,105	3,442
70 to 74	2,519	2,913
75 to 79	1,875	2,396
80 to 84	1,280	1,915
85 & up	928	1,956
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,371	7,989
5 to 9	8,066	7,826
10 to 14	8,290	7,936
15 to 19	7,948	8,277
20 to 24	11,487	13,990
25 to 29	18,417	19,833
30 to 34	17,204	17,733
35 to 39	13,012	13,483
40 to 44	10,496	11,339
45 to 49	9,698	10,202
50 to 54	9,650	9,941
55 to 59	8,569	8,999
60 to 64	6,426	6,686
65 to 69	3,984	4,417
70 to 74	3,123	3,537
75 to 79	1,936	2,424
80 to 84	1,341	1,940
85 & up	1,002	1,998
75 & up

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'
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'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 15 , 'Ages and Marital Conditions - Abridged Analysis'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 22 , 'Ages (quinary) by Marital Condition - Abridged Analysis', for 'Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, 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	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")
2021	Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Age" (23 way) by "Sex")

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Southwark District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up