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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	843	858
5 to 9	770	768
10 to 14	684	716
15 to 19	583	652
20 to 24	520	736
25 to 29	466	652
30 to 34	440	572
35 to 39	389	455
40 to 44	380	426
45 to 49	283	343
50 to 54	258	280
55 to 59	184	231
60 to 64	171	200
65 to 69	115	151
70 to 74	86	113
75 to 79	47	60
80 to 84	23	32
85 & up	9	13
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,881	1,749
5 to 9	1,718	1,627
10 to 14	1,473	1,491
15 to 19	1,232	1,545
20 to 24	1,139	1,618
25 to 29	979	1,345
30 to 34	891	1,092
35 to 39	859	958
40 to 44	757	819
45 to 49	569	661
50 to 54	481	549
55 to 59	359	421
60 to 64	329	388
65 to 69	201	279
70 to 74	156	203
75 to 79	81	118
80 to 84	44	59
85 & up	16	23
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	2,454	2,331
5 to 9	2,465	2,358
10 to 14	2,207	2,227
15 to 19	1,839	2,326
20 to 24	1,621	2,416
25 to 29	1,490	2,103
30 to 34	1,416	1,756
35 to 39	1,232	1,461
40 to 44	1,063	1,240
45 to 49	942	1,042
50 to 54	741	904
55 to 59	544	681
60 to 64	460	603
65 to 69	320	450
70 to 74	251	346
75 to 79	131	204
80 to 84	60	103
85 & up	25	48
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,293	4,896
5 to 9	5,184	4,898
10 to 14	4,504	4,366
15 to 19	3,534	4,672
20 to 24	3,129	4,892
25 to 29	3,556	4,971
30 to 34	3,984	4,839
35 to 39	3,679	4,363
40 to 44	3,239	3,665
45 to 49	2,550	2,952
50 to 54	1,975	2,240
55 to 59	1,542	1,742
60 to 64	1,057	1,413
65 to 69	841	1,110
70 to 74	580	824
75 to 79	269	451
80 to 84	123	239
85 & up	50	94
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,894	5,821
5 to 9	6,152	6,083
10 to 14	5,669	5,296
15 to 19	6,113	6,596
20 to 24	6,395	7,340
25 to 29	6,694	7,820
30 to 34	6,213	7,310
35 to 39	5,409	6,549
40 to 44	5,024	6,113
45 to 49	4,636	5,446
50 to 54	4,100	4,854
55 to 59	3,380	4,016
60 to 64	2,589	3,214
65 to 69	1,716	2,402
70 to 74	1,089	1,775
75 to 79	629	1,008
80 to 84	256	526
85 & up	82	295
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,676	7,297
5 to 9	6,660	6,335
10 to 14	5,731	5,627
15 to 19	4,574	5,807
20 to 24	5,868	6,709
25 to 29	6,856	7,379
30 to 34	6,413	6,959
35 to 39	7,444	8,433
40 to 44	8,094	8,655
45 to 49	7,622	8,533
50 to 54	6,543	7,716
55 to 59	5,411	6,547
60 to 64	4,355	5,700
65 to 69	3,351	4,709
70 to 74	2,420	3,725
75 to 79	1,458	2,479
80 to 84	643	1,370
85 & up	249	672
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,022	5,661
5 to 9	5,455	5,401
10 to 14	7,207	6,788
15 to 19	6,421	6,396
20 to 24	5,270	5,642
25 to 29	5,083	5,251
30 to 34	5,506	5,875
35 to 39	6,100	6,701
40 to 44	5,989	6,609
45 to 49	7,073	7,997
50 to 54	7,430	8,093
55 to 59	6,701	7,558
60 to 64	5,189	6,308
65 to 69	3,479	5,151
70 to 74	2,497	4,175
75 to 79	1,546	3,010
80 to 84	894	1,882
85 & up	379	1,054
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,385	5,875
5 to 9	6,512	6,254
10 to 14	5,869	5,548
15 to 19	5,523	5,493
20 to 24	7,146	6,929
25 to 29	5,859	5,758
30 to 34	5,230	5,139
35 to 39	4,847	4,885
40 to 44	5,335	5,638
45 to 49	5,662	6,364
50 to 54	5,562	6,171
55 to 59	6,206	6,938
60 to 64	5,837	6,669
65 to 69	4,252	5,645
70 to 74	2,788	4,479
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	2,736	6,441

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,652	4,498
5 to 9	4,786	4,447
10 to 14	5,777	5,346
15 to 19	6,257	6,037
20 to 24	6,146	6,142
25 to 29	6,126	6,232
30 to 34	6,707	6,443
35 to 39	5,196	5,299
40 to 44	4,658	4,718
45 to 49	4,411	4,529
50 to 54	4,644	5,028
55 to 59	4,860	5,439
60 to 64	4,277	4,896
65 to 69	4,090	5,093
70 to 74	3,307	4,748
75 to 79	2,094	3,812
80 to 84	970	2,348
85 & up	443	1,729
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,855	5,568
5 to 9	4,987	4,591
10 to 14	4,338	4,082
15 to 19	4,719	4,429
20 to 24	6,588	7,180
25 to 29	8,608	8,940
30 to 34	7,258	7,383
35 to 39	5,969	6,083
40 to 44	5,993	5,947
45 to 49	4,603	4,773
50 to 54	4,229	4,310
55 to 59	3,791	4,013
60 to 64	3,735	4,125
65 to 69	3,291	4,025
70 to 74	2,627	3,625
75 to 79	2,147	3,473
80 to 84	1,283	2,714
85 & up	643	2,241
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,471	6,247
5 to 9	5,777	5,408
10 to 14	5,550	5,219
15 to 19	5,122	4,429
20 to 24	6,156	6,470
25 to 29	9,603	9,450
30 to 34	9,330	9,403
35 to 39	8,484	8,934
40 to 44	6,578	6,619
45 to 49	5,456	6,156
50 to 54	5,358	5,932
55 to 59	4,134	4,163
60 to 64	3,585	3,655
65 to 69	3,139	3,380
70 to 74	2,636	3,284
75 to 79	1,997	3,021
80 to 84	1,231	2,292
85 & up	843	2,369
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,645	7,185
5 to 9	5,811	5,596
10 to 14	5,373	5,101
15 to 19	5,552	4,857
20 to 24	6,114	6,338
25 to 29	9,900	9,977
30 to 34	10,454	10,450
35 to 39	8,788	8,467
40 to 44	7,676	7,828
45 to 49	6,894	7,145
50 to 54	5,537	5,757
55 to 59	4,491	4,858
60 to 64	4,230	4,547
65 to 69	2,966	3,408
70 to 74	2,594	2,912
75 to 79	2,039	2,485
80 to 84	1,389	2,052
85 & up	1,062	2,215
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,955	6,601
5 to 9	6,914	6,407
10 to 14	6,859	6,317
15 to 19	5,419	5,251
20 to 24	5,396	5,787
25 to 29	8,202	9,007
30 to 34	9,152	9,972
35 to 39	9,192	9,758
40 to 44	8,839	9,282
45 to 49	7,658	7,853
50 to 54	7,115	7,380
55 to 59	6,067	6,494
60 to 64	4,916	5,333
65 to 69	3,673	4,222
70 to 74	3,342	3,774
75 to 79	2,090	2,643
80 to 84	1,627	2,120
85 & up	1,246	2,329
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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Merton District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up