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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	6,730	6,627
5 to 9	5,592	5,712
10 to 14	4,939	5,087
15 to 19	4,698	4,939
20 to 24	4,268	4,912
25 to 29	3,536	4,193
30 to 34	3,112	3,527
35 to 39	2,783	3,005
40 to 44	2,454	2,672
45 to 49	2,033	2,081
50 to 54	1,767	1,887
55 to 59	1,310	1,379
60 to 64	1,040	1,119
65 to 69	639	734
70 to 74	437	517
75 to 79	229	301
80 to 84	105	116
85 & up	32	42
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,088	13,311
5 to 9	11,445	11,737
10 to 14	9,897	10,356
15 to 19	9,050	9,627
20 to 24	8,182	9,350
25 to 29	7,430	8,193
30 to 34	6,068	6,753
35 to 39	5,239	5,833
40 to 44	4,599	5,381
45 to 49	3,680	4,271
50 to 54	3,204	3,711
55 to 59	2,419	2,828
60 to 64	1,897	2,255
65 to 69	1,192	1,423
70 to 74	737	940
75 to 79	371	462
80 to 84	110	184
85 & up	29	58
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,576	13,979
5 to 9	12,473	12,741
10 to 14	12,274	12,662
15 to 19	11,307	11,958
20 to 24	9,860	10,973
25 to 29	8,798	9,591
30 to 34	7,675	8,282
35 to 39	6,975	7,090
40 to 44	5,611	6,064
45 to 49	4,650	5,115
50 to 54	3,745	4,462
55 to 59	2,675	3,162
60 to 64	2,181	2,627
65 to 69	1,388	1,815
70 to 74	802	1,042
75 to 79	346	488
80 to 84	113	199
85 & up	37	61
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,839	13,760
5 to 9	13,185	13,156
10 to 14	12,930	13,123
15 to 19	12,681	13,428
20 to 24	11,411	13,391
25 to 29	10,427	12,380
30 to 34	10,160	11,766
35 to 39	9,407	10,463
40 to 44	8,034	9,053
45 to 49	6,897	7,614
50 to 54	5,572	6,442
55 to 59	4,375	4,912
60 to 64	3,105	3,682
65 to 69	2,110	2,749
70 to 74	1,210	1,815
75 to 79	528	876
80 to 84	154	292
85 & up	46	110
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,639	8,527
5 to 9	10,134	10,004
10 to 14	9,947	9,753
15 to 19	10,732	11,373
20 to 24	10,962	12,225
25 to 29	10,765	11,863
30 to 34	9,803	11,339
35 to 39	8,925	10,773
40 to 44	8,333	10,063
45 to 49	7,730	9,350
50 to 54	7,524	8,942
55 to 59	6,839	7,644
60 to 64	5,212	5,997
65 to 69	3,622	4,446
70 to 74	2,170	3,024
75 to 79	1,032	1,528
80 to 84	302	571
85 & up	85	224
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,485	10,245
5 to 9	9,066	8,491
10 to 14	7,530	7,411
15 to 19	6,157	7,161
20 to 24	6,955	8,082
25 to 29	9,283	9,509
30 to 34	8,189	8,942
35 to 39	9,132	9,908
40 to 44	9,747	10,265
45 to 49	9,308	9,988
50 to 54	8,140	9,533
55 to 59	6,927	8,744
60 to 64	5,764	7,705
65 to 69	4,514	6,472
70 to 74	3,492	5,073
75 to 79	2,099	3,175
80 to 84	813	1,356
85 & up	210	492
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,153	9,021
5 to 9	8,657	8,018
10 to 14	10,001	9,862
15 to 19	8,562	8,130
20 to 24	6,680	7,139
25 to 29	6,828	6,689
30 to 34	7,252	7,350
35 to 39	8,758	8,753
40 to 44	7,823	8,265
45 to 49	8,409	9,130
50 to 54	8,738	9,484
55 to 59	8,115	8,985
60 to 64	6,351	8,191
65 to 69	4,726	6,991
70 to 74	3,281	5,346
75 to 79	1,938	3,717
80 to 84	1,016	1,977
85 & up	367	860
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,494	10,801
5 to 9	11,291	10,547
10 to 14	9,739	9,320
15 to 19	8,806	8,045
20 to 24	9,557	9,441
25 to 29	8,714	8,123
30 to 34	7,582	7,221
35 to 39	6,935	6,720
40 to 44	7,235	7,334
45 to 49	8,472	8,446
50 to 54	7,268	7,844
55 to 59	7,420	8,341
60 to 64	7,027	8,213
65 to 69	5,572	7,412
70 to 74	3,602	5,973
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	3,536	7,525

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,654	8,222
5 to 9	9,735	8,956
10 to 14	11,308	10,608
15 to 19	11,158	10,682
20 to 24	9,426	9,553
25 to 29	9,006	8,563
30 to 34	10,180	9,880
35 to 39	8,543	8,046
40 to 44	7,616	7,291
45 to 49	6,862	6,650
50 to 54	6,853	6,947
55 to 59	7,613	7,935
60 to 64	6,006	6,932
65 to 69	5,509	7,037
70 to 74	4,301	6,354
75 to 79	2,599	4,928
80 to 84	1,108	2,946
85 & up	564	1,778
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,345	9,031
5 to 9	9,213	8,481
10 to 14	8,444	7,996
15 to 19	9,126	8,680
20 to 24	9,624	9,913
25 to 29	9,758	10,024
30 to 34	8,952	9,297
35 to 39	8,575	8,340
40 to 44	9,684	9,579
45 to 49	8,323	7,853
50 to 54	7,084	6,898
55 to 59	6,197	6,272
60 to 64	5,839	6,410
65 to 69	5,886	6,911
70 to 74	4,105	5,687
75 to 79	2,990	5,116
80 to 84	1,620	3,638
85 & up	770	2,702
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,594	8,241
5 to 9	9,125	8,702
10 to 14	9,130	9,250
15 to 19	8,785	8,047
20 to 24	7,304	7,561
25 to 29	8,719	8,744
30 to 34	9,804	10,154
35 to 39	9,796	10,273
40 to 44	8,597	9,086
45 to 49	8,162	7,974
50 to 54	9,080	9,189
55 to 59	7,673	7,453
60 to 64	6,280	6,391
65 to 69	5,133	5,601
70 to 74	4,292	5,388
75 to 79	3,653	5,107
80 to 84	1,853	3,516
85 & up	1,121	3,309
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,568	9,197
5 to 9	8,715	8,163
10 to 14	9,284	8,509
15 to 19	9,202	8,720
20 to 24	8,967	9,104
25 to 29	9,024	9,261
30 to 34	8,542	8,653
35 to 39	9,170	9,374
40 to 44	10,432	10,549
45 to 49	9,899	10,159
50 to 54	8,641	8,924
55 to 59	7,716	7,628
60 to 64	8,331	8,514
65 to 69	6,484	6,550
70 to 74	5,043	5,476
75 to 79	3,580	4,351
80 to 84	2,311	3,417
85 & up	1,751	3,577
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,402	9,067
5 to 9	10,473	9,988
10 to 14	10,760	10,105
15 to 19	9,656	8,680
20 to 24	8,537	8,086
25 to 29	8,444	9,293
30 to 34	9,305	10,769
35 to 39	9,625	10,309
40 to 44	9,236	9,234
45 to 49	9,438	9,342
50 to 54	10,124	10,006
55 to 59	9,525	9,720
60 to 64	8,102	8,103
65 to 69	6,851	7,034
70 to 74	6,751	7,445
75 to 79	4,711	5,365
80 to 84	2,969	3,782
85 & up	2,122	3,711
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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Bolton District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up