South Cambridgeshire District : Males & Females

Males & Females

Data cube chart.

Year Male Female
1801 17,067 Show data context 17,428 Show data context
1811 18,440 Show data context 19,123 Show data context
1821 22,868 Show data context 22,721 Show data context
1831 25,435 Show data context 25,053 Show data context
1841 28,348 Show data context 28,359 Show data context
1851 31,966 Show data context 31,002 Show data context
1861 30,917 Show data context 30,475 Show data context
1881 29,884 Show data context 29,480 Show data context
1891 28,571 Show data context 28,471 Show data context
1911 27,053 Show data context 27,511 Show data context
1921 24,192 Show data context 24,961 Show data context
1931 25,376 Show data context 25,959 Show data context
1951 34,341 Show data context 33,279 Show data context
1961 37,411 Show data context 38,010 Show data context
1971 45,254 Show data context 47,026 Show data context
1981 53,689 Show data context 53,538 Show data context
1991 59,179 Show data context 60,679 Show data context
2001 64,464 Show data context 65,462 Show data context
2011 73,790 Show data context 74,965 Show data context
2021 79,544 Show data context 82,654 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, South 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