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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	6,233	6,175
5 to 9	4,996	5,073
10 to 14	4,552	4,490
15 to 19	4,161	4,243
20 to 24	3,950	4,138
25 to 29	3,224	3,324
30 to 34	2,820	2,841
35 to 39	2,523	2,565
40 to 44	2,208	2,272
45 to 49	1,761	1,759
50 to 54	1,503	1,535
55 to 59	1,147	1,133
60 to 64	975	970
65 to 69	589	630
70 to 74	406	474
75 to 79	242	260
80 to 84	126	139
85 & up	28	40
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,328	13,569
5 to 9	11,544	11,704
10 to 14	9,618	9,779
15 to 19	8,564	8,785
20 to 24	8,301	7,920
25 to 29	7,075	6,758
30 to 34	5,875	5,511
35 to 39	4,866	4,862
40 to 44	4,225	4,347
45 to 49	3,379	3,457
50 to 54	2,945	3,021
55 to 59	2,228	2,415
60 to 64	1,788	1,974
65 to 69	1,149	1,229
70 to 74	734	781
75 to 79	359	398
80 to 84	127	196
85 & up	44	47
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	15,310	15,630
5 to 9	13,274	13,543
10 to 14	12,166	12,326
15 to 19	11,622	11,229
20 to 24	10,282	9,796
25 to 29	8,751	8,619
30 to 34	7,716	7,056
35 to 39	6,611	5,972
40 to 44	5,571	5,132
45 to 49	4,287	4,245
50 to 54	3,674	3,756
55 to 59	2,520	2,579
60 to 64	2,064	2,331
65 to 69	1,328	1,557
70 to 74	810	976
75 to 79	374	454
80 to 84	146	160
85 & up	53	50
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	16,194	16,321
5 to 9	15,185	15,600
10 to 14	14,129	14,379
15 to 19	13,987	14,014
20 to 24	12,510	12,761
25 to 29	11,358	11,570
30 to 34	10,456	10,414
35 to 39	9,450	9,239
40 to 44	7,906	7,615
45 to 49	6,440	6,389
50 to 54	5,529	5,141
55 to 59	4,001	3,978
60 to 64	3,008	2,954
65 to 69	1,951	2,229
70 to 74	1,108	1,465
75 to 79	461	665
80 to 84	140	228
85 & up	37	89
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,035	10,045
5 to 9	11,355	11,490
10 to 14	11,676	11,875
15 to 19	12,000	12,382
20 to 24	11,606	12,341
25 to 29	11,586	12,108
30 to 34	10,134	10,913
35 to 39	9,254	10,321
40 to 44	8,363	9,252
45 to 49	7,823	8,396
50 to 54	7,383	7,617
55 to 59	6,542	6,559
60 to 64	5,056	5,043
65 to 69	3,448	3,566
70 to 74	2,103	2,278
75 to 79	937	1,103
80 to 84	286	427
85 & up	64	139
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,689	10,974
5 to 9	10,466	9,722
10 to 14	9,202	8,959
15 to 19	7,812	8,646
20 to 24	8,116	9,043
25 to 29	9,928	10,143
30 to 34	9,432	10,061
35 to 39	9,753	10,373
40 to 44	10,047	10,332
45 to 49	9,964	10,392
50 to 54	8,458	9,278
55 to 59	7,089	8,373
60 to 64	5,856	7,069
65 to 69	4,540	5,720
70 to 74	3,445	4,318
75 to 79	2,095	2,549
80 to 84	782	1,093
85 & up	184	387
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,255	9,580
5 to 9	9,189	8,740
10 to 14	11,088	10,458
15 to 19	9,800	9,268
20 to 24	7,935	8,048
25 to 29	7,989	7,517
30 to 34	7,935	7,954
35 to 39	9,070	9,115
40 to 44	8,662	9,346
45 to 49	8,989	9,672
50 to 54	9,163	9,499
55 to 59	8,613	9,416
60 to 64	6,594	7,989
65 to 69	4,962	6,758
70 to 74	3,304	5,028
75 to 79	1,897	3,302
80 to 84	983	1,650
85 & up	348	647
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,419	13,690
5 to 9	13,033	12,368
10 to 14	10,960	10,244
15 to 19	9,356	9,001
20 to 24	11,152	11,672
25 to 29	11,674	11,012
30 to 34	9,911	8,995
35 to 39	8,613	7,973
40 to 44	8,204	8,202
45 to 49	9,085	9,214
50 to 54	8,303	9,193
55 to 59	8,162	9,174
60 to 64	7,540	8,666
65 to 69	6,237	8,059
70 to 74	3,819	6,123
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	3,494	7,246

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,825	9,434
5 to 9	11,579	10,910
10 to 14	13,743	13,106
15 to 19	12,569	12,080
20 to 24	10,572	10,637
25 to 29	10,552	10,489
30 to 34	12,726	12,455
35 to 39	11,122	10,411
40 to 44	9,382	8,704
45 to 49	8,276	7,784
50 to 54	7,769	7,972
55 to 59	8,214	8,682
60 to 64	6,867	8,320
65 to 69	6,034	7,912
70 to 74	4,688	6,715
75 to 79	2,830	5,340
80 to 84	1,161	2,967
85 & up	557	1,703
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,685	10,167
5 to 9	10,094	9,637
10 to 14	9,382	8,993
15 to 19	10,750	10,250
20 to 24	12,057	12,040
25 to 29	12,013	11,970
30 to 34	10,675	10,661
35 to 39	9,705	9,810
40 to 44	11,766	11,674
45 to 49	10,431	9,920
50 to 54	8,949	8,413
55 to 59	7,685	7,528
60 to 64	6,712	7,360
65 to 69	6,350	7,620
70 to 74	4,621	6,791
75 to 79	3,175	5,437
80 to 84	1,649	3,646
85 & up	708	2,467
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,038	8,580
5 to 9	10,154	9,789
10 to 14	10,554	9,747
15 to 19	9,735	8,973
20 to 24	8,189	8,058
25 to 29	9,911	9,988
30 to 34	12,011	12,184
35 to 39	11,931	12,027
40 to 44	10,238	10,423
45 to 49	9,298	9,376
50 to 54	11,156	11,280
55 to 59	9,852	9,659
60 to 64	8,037	7,886
65 to 69	6,489	6,800
70 to 74	4,769	5,905
75 to 79	3,671	5,397
80 to 84	1,989	4,017
85 & up	1,029	3,338
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,196	9,485
5 to 9	9,233	8,811
10 to 14	9,424	8,846
15 to 19	10,045	9,525
20 to 24	9,803	9,507
25 to 29	10,012	10,162
30 to 34	9,454	9,576
35 to 39	10,772	10,689
40 to 44	12,821	12,800
45 to 49	12,552	12,198
50 to 54	10,338	10,440
55 to 59	9,212	9,100
60 to 64	10,570	10,629
65 to 69	8,549	8,632
70 to 74	6,426	6,712
75 to 79	4,330	5,211
80 to 84	2,624	3,765
85 & up	1,635	3,765
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,150	8,654
5 to 9	9,882	9,394
10 to 14	10,271	9,507
15 to 19	9,140	8,351
20 to 24	8,687	8,397
25 to 29	9,991	10,821
30 to 34	11,206	11,653
35 to 39	10,750	10,947
40 to 44	9,720	9,921
45 to 49	10,795	10,619
50 to 54	12,473	12,486
55 to 59	11,693	11,577
60 to 64	9,705	9,993
65 to 69	8,241	8,687
70 to 74	8,780	9,587
75 to 79	6,427	7,053
80 to 84	3,869	4,616
85 & up	2,328	4,061
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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Wigan District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up