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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	3,027	3,055
5 to 9	2,804	2,733
10 to 14	2,536	2,554
15 to 19	2,619	2,278
20 to 24	2,094	2,055
25 to 29	1,674	1,743
30 to 34	1,502	1,610
35 to 39	1,346	1,430
40 to 44	1,203	1,260
45 to 49	1,022	1,052
50 to 54	848	870
55 to 59	678	771
60 to 64	691	705
65 to 69	494	503
70 to 74	391	421
75 to 79	191	228
80 to 84	78	89
85 & up	39	49
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,181	3,116
5 to 9	2,857	2,971
10 to 14	2,686	2,705
15 to 19	2,619	2,305
20 to 24	2,221	2,078
25 to 29	1,715	1,783
30 to 34	1,463	1,561
35 to 39	1,290	1,426
40 to 44	1,160	1,268
45 to 49	960	1,105
50 to 54	951	1,049
55 to 59	745	866
60 to 64	785	825
65 to 69	519	572
70 to 74	410	429
75 to 79	223	265
80 to 84	130	153
85 & up	59	55
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,139	3,175
5 to 9	3,136	3,162
10 to 14	3,004	2,842
15 to 19	3,279	2,706
20 to 24	2,950	2,477
25 to 29	2,411	2,100
30 to 34	1,622	1,706
35 to 39	1,397	1,516
40 to 44	1,265	1,416
45 to 49	1,128	1,272
50 to 54	996	1,056
55 to 59	781	888
60 to 64	740	899
65 to 69	550	680
70 to 74	473	523
75 to 79	266	286
80 to 84	119	159
85 & up	48	75
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,098	3,011
5 to 9	3,092	3,032
10 to 14	3,013	2,959
15 to 19	3,491	2,666
20 to 24	4,025	2,623
25 to 29	2,573	2,549
30 to 34	2,390	2,257
35 to 39	2,041	2,291
40 to 44	1,828	1,976
45 to 49	1,671	1,701
50 to 54	1,342	1,399
55 to 59	1,000	1,178
60 to 64	927	1,025
65 to 69	748	876
70 to 74	533	611
75 to 79	301	421
80 to 84	141	217
85 & up	70	103
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	2,469	2,448
5 to 9	2,622	2,477
10 to 14	2,523	2,429
15 to 19	3,269	2,677
20 to 24	3,882	2,919
25 to 29	2,939	2,831
30 to 34	2,435	2,635
35 to 39	2,093	2,467
40 to 44	2,093	2,418
45 to 49	2,042	2,251
50 to 54	1,932	2,212
55 to 59	1,744	2,005
60 to 64	1,500	1,680
65 to 69	1,220	1,441
70 to 74	849	1,039
75 to 79	451	668
80 to 84	210	379
85 & up	104	179
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,342	3,344
5 to 9	2,925	2,752
10 to 14	2,663	2,363
15 to 19	3,637	2,360
20 to 24	3,419	2,717
25 to 29	2,766	2,898
30 to 34	2,580	2,873
35 to 39	2,968	3,121
40 to 44	2,930	3,050
45 to 49	2,749	2,916
50 to 54	2,356	2,775
55 to 59	2,000	2,512
60 to 64	1,828	2,320
65 to 69	1,625	2,079
70 to 74	1,289	1,763
75 to 79	868	1,172
80 to 84	460	668
85 & up	195	348
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,594	3,406
5 to 9	3,151	2,893
10 to 14	3,674	3,541
15 to 19	3,224	2,927
20 to 24	4,120	2,616
25 to 29	2,834	2,674
30 to 34	2,890	2,842
35 to 39	2,847	3,104
40 to 44	2,741	3,023
45 to 49	3,062	3,190
50 to 54	2,953	3,125
55 to 59	2,692	2,985
60 to 64	2,119	2,740
65 to 69	1,747	2,401
70 to 74	1,290	2,010
75 to 79	933	1,556
80 to 84	505	944
85 & up	271	569
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,274	5,005
5 to 9	4,973	4,832
10 to 14	4,261	3,927
15 to 19	4,076	3,692
20 to 24	4,384	4,716
25 to 29	4,040	3,941
30 to 34	3,593	3,431
35 to 39	3,255	3,187
40 to 44	3,251	3,228
45 to 49	3,030	3,311
50 to 54	2,905	3,162
55 to 59	2,960	3,210
60 to 64	2,712	3,092
65 to 69	2,316	2,837
70 to 74	1,519	2,322
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	1,632	3,340

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,425	4,225
5 to 9	4,959	4,689
10 to 14	5,573	5,270
15 to 19	5,571	5,156
20 to 24	5,129	4,742
25 to 29	4,625	4,581
30 to 34	5,556	5,744
35 to 39	4,737	4,511
40 to 44	3,930	3,798
45 to 49	3,538	3,407
50 to 54	3,467	3,471
55 to 59	3,203	3,597
60 to 64	2,900	3,331
65 to 69	2,841	3,256
70 to 74	2,178	2,940
75 to 79	1,398	2,233
80 to 84	667	1,450
85 & up	306	1,088
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,905	4,628
5 to 9	4,567	4,340
10 to 14	4,443	4,338
15 to 19	4,967	4,701
20 to 24	5,565	5,467
25 to 29	5,631	5,598
30 to 34	5,088	5,136
35 to 39	4,764	4,754
40 to 44	5,631	5,856
45 to 49	4,624	4,597
50 to 54	3,765	3,689
55 to 59	3,343	3,371
60 to 64	3,176	3,311
65 to 69	2,723	3,458
70 to 74	2,264	2,967
75 to 79	1,800	2,659
80 to 84	982	1,881
85 & up	539	1,553
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,878	4,498
5 to 9	4,997	4,833
10 to 14	5,005	4,742
15 to 19	5,071	4,621
20 to 24	5,898	5,267
25 to 29	5,791	5,235
30 to 34	6,326	5,980
35 to 39	5,961	5,884
40 to 44	5,193	5,251
45 to 49	4,825	4,919
50 to 54	5,516	5,967
55 to 59	4,451	4,499
60 to 64	3,515	3,639
65 to 69	3,018	3,141
70 to 74	2,644	3,042
75 to 79	1,950	2,850
80 to 84	1,222	2,121
85 & up	847	2,150
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,514	5,133
5 to 9	4,871	4,532
10 to 14	4,976	4,630
15 to 19	5,981	5,730
20 to 24	7,079	6,807
25 to 29	6,036	5,911
30 to 34	5,712	5,654
35 to 39	5,868	5,765
40 to 44	6,205	6,416
45 to 49	5,998	6,219
50 to 54	5,136	5,352
55 to 59	4,571	4,828
60 to 64	5,095	5,747
65 to 69	4,036	4,164
70 to 74	2,994	3,249
75 to 79	2,431	2,785
80 to 84	1,672	2,259
85 & up	1,168	2,550
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,552	5,253
5 to 9	6,026	5,776
10 to 14	5,961	5,671
15 to 19	5,699	5,528
20 to 24	7,083	6,826
25 to 29	6,178	6,419
30 to 34	6,508	7,013
35 to 39	6,177	6,717
40 to 44	6,166	6,405
45 to 49	6,195	6,193
50 to 54	6,398	6,623
55 to 59	5,874	6,109
60 to 64	4,892	5,124
65 to 69	4,074	4,497
70 to 74	4,543	5,167
75 to 79	3,236	3,696
80 to 84	2,008	2,538
85 & up	1,724	2,815
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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Colchester District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up