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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	16,176	16,232
5 to 9	13,214	13,368
10 to 14	11,143	10,884
15 to 19	10,165	9,978
20 to 24	10,278	10,288
25 to 29	9,078	9,020
30 to 34	8,016	7,823
35 to 39	6,985	6,625
40 to 44	6,109	5,894
45 to 49	4,760	4,430
50 to 54	3,721	3,812
55 to 59	2,804	2,828
60 to 64	2,150	2,275
65 to 69	1,340	1,569
70 to 74	792	971
75 to 79	411	454
80 to 84	156	249
85 & up	50	70
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	24,627	24,974
5 to 9	20,911	21,588
10 to 14	18,057	18,259
15 to 19	16,372	16,324
20 to 24	15,076	15,100
25 to 29	14,309	13,557
30 to 34	12,344	11,522
35 to 39	10,968	10,196
40 to 44	9,482	9,139
45 to 49	7,303	7,262
50 to 54	6,029	6,081
55 to 59	4,411	4,637
60 to 64	3,466	3,873
65 to 69	2,153	2,409
70 to 74	1,281	1,597
75 to 79	582	826
80 to 84	212	291
85 & up	66	86
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	24,438	24,763
5 to 9	23,177	23,490
10 to 14	22,044	22,389
15 to 19	19,954	20,172
20 to 24	18,156	18,265
25 to 29	16,321	16,080
30 to 34	14,081	13,643
35 to 39	13,069	12,074
40 to 44	10,981	10,196
45 to 49	9,090	8,821
50 to 54	7,397	7,381
55 to 59	5,260	5,551
60 to 64	4,065	4,476
65 to 69	2,604	3,154
70 to 74	1,606	2,084
75 to 79	746	1,013
80 to 84	249	393
85 & up	66	123
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	31,139	31,288
5 to 9	28,567	28,692
10 to 14	26,137	26,399
15 to 19	24,246	24,637
20 to 24	21,254	22,620
25 to 29	22,582	22,960
30 to 34	22,033	21,772
35 to 39	20,188	19,441
40 to 44	16,390	15,800
45 to 49	13,398	13,120
50 to 54	10,685	10,718
55 to 59	8,434	8,526
60 to 64	6,259	6,657
65 to 69	4,340	5,102
70 to 74	2,418	3,268
75 to 79	1,112	1,662
80 to 84	433	717
85 & up	116	264
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	20,390	20,007
5 to 9	23,530	23,019
10 to 14	25,091	24,786
15 to 19	24,986	26,246
20 to 24	24,573	26,693
25 to 29	23,517	24,391
30 to 34	20,661	22,341
35 to 39	18,773	20,889
40 to 44	17,380	18,722
45 to 49	17,686	18,693
50 to 54	17,072	17,518
55 to 59	14,721	14,700
60 to 64	10,822	11,141
65 to 69	7,196	8,154
70 to 74	4,311	5,494
75 to 79	2,071	3,072
80 to 84	722	1,326
85 & up	222	452
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	24,037	22,624
5 to 9	22,057	21,170
10 to 14	19,659	19,205
15 to 19	14,651	17,963
20 to 24	17,026	18,772
25 to 29	21,126	21,343
30 to 34	21,485	22,143
35 to 39	22,308	22,956
40 to 44	22,809	22,992
45 to 49	21,241	21,578
50 to 54	17,775	19,497
55 to 59	14,932	17,539
60 to 64	12,236	14,830
65 to 69	10,336	13,194
70 to 74	7,649	10,441
75 to 79	4,610	6,342
80 to 84	1,808	2,804
85 & up	510	1,114
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	21,618	20,616
5 to 9	18,885	17,994
10 to 14	22,609	21,429
15 to 19	21,437	21,253
20 to 24	18,801	18,784
25 to 29	17,576	16,721
30 to 34	18,049	17,151
35 to 39	19,980	19,609
40 to 44	20,324	20,931
45 to 49	21,109	21,811
50 to 54	21,189	21,832
55 to 59	18,878	19,949
60 to 64	14,463	17,331
65 to 69	10,507	14,513
70 to 74	7,206	11,077
75 to 79	4,783	8,091
80 to 84	2,413	4,673
85 & up	944	2,031
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	22,631	21,765
5 to 9	22,601	21,623
10 to 14	20,159	19,157
15 to 19	18,581	17,997
20 to 24	20,701	19,833
25 to 29	17,459	17,039
30 to 34	15,971	15,420
35 to 39	15,036	14,690
40 to 44	15,786	15,743
45 to 49	18,143	18,287
50 to 54	18,021	19,102
55 to 59	17,861	19,373
60 to 64	16,735	18,657
65 to 69	12,840	16,145
70 to 74	8,143	12,747
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	7,768	16,293

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,970	13,314
5 to 9	16,560	15,585
10 to 14	21,773	20,768
15 to 19	22,008	21,261
20 to 24	19,880	19,496
25 to 29	17,197	16,499
30 to 34	18,366	17,922
35 to 39	16,298	16,148
40 to 44	15,336	15,154
45 to 49	14,429	14,311
50 to 54	15,071	15,115
55 to 59	16,237	16,926
60 to 64	15,096	16,983
65 to 69	13,439	16,495
70 to 74	10,718	14,893
75 to 79	6,409	11,455
80 to 84	2,788	6,803
85 & up	1,204	4,294
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	16,107	15,195
5 to 9	14,588	13,958
10 to 14	13,651	13,007
15 to 19	15,694	14,867
20 to 24	20,416	20,066
25 to 29	19,833	19,801
30 to 34	17,632	17,765
35 to 39	15,563	15,442
40 to 44	16,948	16,814
45 to 49	15,060	15,160
50 to 54	13,955	13,950
55 to 59	12,681	13,122
60 to 64	12,421	13,346
65 to 69	12,283	14,540
70 to 74	10,066	13,717
75 to 79	7,344	11,930
80 to 84	4,157	8,541
85 & up	1,930	6,303
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	15,042	14,105
5 to 9	16,151	15,405
10 to 14	15,967	15,248
15 to 19	16,758	16,526
20 to 24	20,943	20,347
25 to 29	17,412	17,132
30 to 34	20,002	19,547
35 to 39	19,551	19,219
40 to 44	16,945	17,161
45 to 49	14,973	14,929
50 to 54	16,166	16,115
55 to 59	13,845	14,395
60 to 64	12,332	12,828
65 to 69	10,727	11,931
70 to 74	9,176	11,239
75 to 79	7,220	10,366
80 to 84	4,551	8,326
85 & up	2,868	7,779
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	17,382	16,595
5 to 9	15,623	14,714
10 to 14	15,481	14,712
15 to 19	20,926	21,383
20 to 24	28,451	27,683
25 to 29	19,214	19,591
30 to 34	18,416	17,520
35 to 39	17,477	17,401
40 to 44	19,610	19,843
45 to 49	18,346	18,151
50 to 54	16,238	15,978
55 to 59	13,622	13,956
60 to 64	14,205	14,482
65 to 69	11,592	12,522
70 to 74	9,699	10,875
75 to 79	7,341	9,459
80 to 84	5,181	7,256
85 & up	3,857	7,916
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	15,228	14,949
5 to 9	16,414	15,511
10 to 14	16,476	15,611
15 to 19	19,140	18,354
20 to 24	25,587	25,230
25 to 29	20,070	20,413
30 to 34	19,062	19,850
35 to 39	17,094	17,967
40 to 44	16,117	16,032
45 to 49	16,034	16,262
50 to 54	17,982	18,325
55 to 59	17,181	17,271
60 to 64	14,659	14,882
65 to 69	12,186	12,595
70 to 74	11,796	12,792
75 to 79	8,596	10,308
80 to 84	5,989	7,747
85 & up	4,627	8,156
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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Sheffield District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up