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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	5,042	4,972
5 to 9	4,340	4,284
10 to 14	3,591	3,613
15 to 19	3,267	3,559
20 to 24	3,316	3,761
25 to 29	3,017	3,424
30 to 34	2,536	2,909
35 to 39	2,285	2,360
40 to 44	2,089	2,213
45 to 49	1,599	1,556
50 to 54	1,184	1,289
55 to 59	769	847
60 to 64	632	783
65 to 69	346	435
70 to 74	225	334
75 to 79	110	172
80 to 84	47	80
85 & up	16	41
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,029	7,890
5 to 9	6,862	6,792
10 to 14	5,868	5,868
15 to 19	5,471	5,702
20 to 24	4,998	5,660
25 to 29	4,628	4,990
30 to 34	4,022	4,163
35 to 39	3,569	3,587
40 to 44	3,208	3,188
45 to 49	2,319	2,424
50 to 54	1,871	2,143
55 to 59	1,407	1,509
60 to 64	1,259	1,443
65 to 69	745	854
70 to 74	447	636
75 to 79	214	298
80 to 84	84	156
85 & up	31	62
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,697	8,831
5 to 9	8,289	8,328
10 to 14	7,931	8,078
15 to 19	7,163	7,716
20 to 24	6,084	7,588
25 to 29	5,542	6,613
30 to 34	4,922	5,580
35 to 39	4,393	4,739
40 to 44	3,724	4,055
45 to 49	3,188	3,321
50 to 54	2,653	2,801
55 to 59	1,751	2,048
60 to 64	1,387	1,751
65 to 69	973	1,238
70 to 74	649	876
75 to 79	324	452
80 to 84	123	212
85 & up	43	70
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	12,817	12,674
5 to 9	12,076	11,741
10 to 14	10,773	10,960
15 to 19	9,942	10,833
20 to 24	9,046	11,562
25 to 29	9,159	11,546
30 to 34	9,039	10,739
35 to 39	8,158	9,487
40 to 44	6,617	7,536
45 to 49	5,474	6,333
50 to 54	4,418	5,088
55 to 59	3,306	3,940
60 to 64	2,588	3,255
65 to 69	1,933	2,491
70 to 74	1,234	1,798
75 to 79	574	925
80 to 84	253	416
85 & up	84	212
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,520	11,073
5 to 9	12,362	12,171
10 to 14	12,206	11,866
15 to 19	12,767	13,307
20 to 24	11,559	13,670
25 to 29	11,063	12,769
30 to 34	9,647	12,159
35 to 39	9,046	11,419
40 to 44	8,923	10,854
45 to 49	8,621	10,633
50 to 54	8,084	9,990
55 to 59	7,120	8,321
60 to 64	5,286	6,330
65 to 69	3,721	4,954
70 to 74	2,374	3,493
75 to 79	1,260	2,028
80 to 84	466	1,008
85 & up	168	429
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,823	14,000
5 to 9	12,795	11,988
10 to 14	11,367	10,937
15 to 19	11,537	10,672
20 to 24	10,150	11,017
25 to 29	10,863	11,907
30 to 34	10,839	11,494
35 to 39	11,608	12,688
40 to 44	11,609	12,699
45 to 49	11,162	12,088
50 to 54	9,491	11,593
55 to 59	8,068	10,174
60 to 64	6,997	9,326
65 to 69	5,650	8,321
70 to 74	4,151	6,886
75 to 79	2,714	4,251
80 to 84	1,135	2,197
85 & up	414	999
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,548	13,730
5 to 9	13,139	12,631
10 to 14	14,594	13,925
15 to 19	11,942	11,921
20 to 24	9,305	10,512
25 to 29	10,044	10,154
30 to 34	10,608	11,047
35 to 39	11,012	11,734
40 to 44	10,432	11,422
45 to 49	11,358	12,548
50 to 54	11,162	12,393
55 to 59	10,100	11,411
60 to 64	7,792	10,603
65 to 69	5,982	8,933
70 to 74	4,311	7,340
75 to 79	2,720	5,421
80 to 84	1,360	3,385
85 & up	671	1,643
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,797	14,002
5 to 9	15,998	15,214
10 to 14	14,429	13,673
15 to 19	12,377	12,226
20 to 24	12,315	12,125
25 to 29	10,307	10,409
30 to 34	9,504	9,795
35 to 39	9,588	9,884
40 to 44	10,345	10,895
45 to 49	10,606	11,460
50 to 54	9,831	10,962
55 to 59	10,209	11,653
60 to 64	9,270	11,236
65 to 69	7,416	9,902
70 to 74	4,742	8,330
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	4,914	11,446

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,468	9,981
5 to 9	11,618	11,127
10 to 14	14,233	13,421
15 to 19	14,953	14,566
20 to 24	12,231	11,777
25 to 29	10,641	11,005
30 to 34	12,075	11,911
35 to 39	10,051	10,069
40 to 44	9,252	9,559
45 to 49	9,226	9,553
50 to 54	9,703	10,203
55 to 59	9,483	10,514
60 to 64	8,193	9,718
65 to 69	7,788	9,956
70 to 74	5,953	8,863
75 to 79	3,737	6,809
80 to 84	1,615	4,524
85 & up	816	3,060
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,412	10,914
5 to 9	11,023	10,685
10 to 14	10,605	10,225
15 to 19	11,124	10,774
20 to 24	10,705	11,307
25 to 29	10,990	12,454
30 to 34	10,688	11,486
35 to 39	10,242	11,090
40 to 44	11,715	11,992
45 to 49	9,799	9,956
50 to 54	8,709	9,238
55 to 59	8,527	9,087
60 to 64	8,467	9,586
65 to 69	7,714	9,483
70 to 74	5,827	8,298
75 to 79	4,609	7,616
80 to 84	2,541	5,501
85 & up	1,177	4,405
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,843	8,448
5 to 9	10,394	9,857
10 to 14	11,491	10,901
15 to 19	10,312	10,152
20 to 24	6,891	7,512
25 to 29	7,852	8,801
30 to 34	9,417	11,046
35 to 39	10,637	12,558
40 to 44	10,544	11,583
45 to 49	9,911	10,772
50 to 54	11,150	11,642
55 to 59	9,291	9,274
60 to 64	7,818	8,580
65 to 69	7,162	8,317
70 to 74	6,316	8,094
75 to 79	4,741	7,081
80 to 84	2,652	5,172
85 & up	1,895	5,119
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,444	9,070
5 to 9	9,064	8,613
10 to 14	9,738	9,267
15 to 19	10,332	9,531
20 to 24	8,955	9,114
25 to 29	8,731	9,208
30 to 34	8,123	8,989
35 to 39	9,171	9,990
40 to 44	11,007	11,712
45 to 49	11,584	12,776
50 to 54	10,824	11,571
55 to 59	9,830	10,433
60 to 64	10,727	11,013
65 to 69	8,254	8,781
70 to 74	6,562	7,722
75 to 79	5,242	6,776
80 to 84	3,682	5,613
85 & up	2,577	5,757
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,483	7,813
5 to 9	9,711	9,082
10 to 14	9,828	9,432
15 to 19	8,775	8,204
20 to 24	7,627	7,432
25 to 29	8,700	9,203
30 to 34	9,416	10,359
35 to 39	9,142	10,077
40 to 44	8,853	9,521
45 to 49	9,485	10,287
50 to 54	11,155	11,816
55 to 59	11,466	12,466
60 to 64	10,592	10,984
65 to 69	9,071	9,872
70 to 74	9,181	9,916
75 to 79	6,146	7,221
80 to 84	4,126	5,574
85 & up	3,328	5,921
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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Wirral District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up