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Males & Females

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Year	Male	Female
1801	44,478	47,350
1811	50,937	55,275
1821	66,669	69,649
1831	90,941	93,476
1841	110,107	114,660
1851	125,854	130,764
1861	143,822	152,212
1881	212,399	223,131
1891	245,052	261,327
1911	290,592	318,591
1921	291,723	326,002
1931	305,222	343,921
1951	327,521	367,199
1961	340,990	370,260
1971	344,711	370,509
1981	336,447	358,587
1991	325,990	350,781
2001	345,612	369,554
2011	367,935	383,550
2021	396,182	415,633

Date	Source
1801 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
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'
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14 , 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
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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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.

Leeds District : Males & Females

Males & Females