R_AGE_15_64 = (AGE_GROUP:15_64 * 100.0) / TOT_POP:now
| Data Role | Period Covered | Authority | Source | Details | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1861 | SRC | GBH Source Documentation System | 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts' | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1881 | SRC | GBH Source Documentation System | 1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts' | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1891 | SRC | GBH Source Documentation System | 1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts' | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1911 | SRC | GBH Source Documentation System | 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' | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1931 | SRC | GBH Source Documentation System | 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 15 , 'Ages and Marital Conditions - Abridged Analysis' | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1951 | SRC | GBH Source Documentation System | 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' | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1961 | SRC | GBH Source Documentation System | 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, NT' | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1971 | CASWEB_1971 | Census 1971 data | UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Tables SAS06 and SAS07) | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1981 | CASWEB_1981 | Census 1981 data | UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (Table SAS02: "Age and Marital Status: All Residents) | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 1991 | NOMIS | NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics | Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S02 Age and marital status: Residents [100%]) | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 2001 | NOMIS | NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics | Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table CS001 - Age by sex and resident type) | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 2011 | NOMIS | NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics | Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table LC1117EW - "Sex by age") | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| AGE_GROUP:15_64 | 2021 | ONS_CustomData | ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" | Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Age" (23 way) by "Sex") | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
This is the age group we treat as 'working age' although the
definition has changed over time.
Compulsory education to age 10 was established in some areas from 1870,
and was gradually raised up to 16 by 1973.
The male retirement age was standardised at 65 only in 1925.
Despite the large change in overall age structure, the proportion of working age
has changed relatively little: it was smallest in 1871 and 1881 (59%), and
at its greatest in 1931 (69%).
The main concentrations of the workforce were in areas of rapid population growth,
so in 1851 they were in the industrial districts and London.
In 2011, low proportions of working age population are generally in rural areas,
and also in coastal areas affected by retirement migration.