East Cambridgeshire District : Males & Females

Males & Females

Data cube chart.

Year Male Female
1801 11,531 Show data context 12,003 Show data context
1811 12,693 Show data context 13,420 Show data context
1821 15,889 Show data context 15,937 Show data context
1831 18,461 Show data context 18,347 Show data context
1841 20,991 Show data context 20,700 Show data context
1851 23,690 Show data context 23,390 Show data context
1861 22,030 Show data context 22,508 Show data context
1881 20,238 Show data context 20,185 Show data context
1891 20,703 Show data context 20,305 Show data context
1911 21,317 Show data context 20,675 Show data context
1921 20,199 Show data context 20,231 Show data context
1931 21,290 Show data context 20,619 Show data context
1951 23,306 Show data context 22,660 Show data context
1961 22,424 Show data context 22,744 Show data context
1971 24,147 Show data context 24,668 Show data context
1981 26,314 Show data context 26,896 Show data context
1991 29,403 Show data context 30,755 Show data context
2001 36,264 Show data context 37,049 Show data context
2011 41,443 Show data context 42,375 Show data context
2021 43,034 Show data context 44,748 Show data context
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.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, East Cambridgeshire District through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Males & Females, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026