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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	5,902	5,862
5 to 9	5,531	5,723
10 to 14	5,328	5,234
15 to 19	4,589	4,554
20 to 24	3,178	3,994
25 to 29	2,657	3,427
30 to 34	2,425	2,944
35 to 39	2,519	2,896
40 to 44	2,536	2,893
45 to 49	2,213	2,268
50 to 54	1,934	1,939
55 to 59	1,647	1,706
60 to 64	1,603	1,566
65 to 69	1,120	1,184
70 to 74	811	983
75 to 79	433	578
80 to 84	212	281
85 & up	100	141
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,593	5,473
5 to 9	5,246	5,293
10 to 14	4,968	4,821
15 to 19	4,419	3,877
20 to 24	3,211	3,340
25 to 29	2,666	2,996
30 to 34	2,429	2,618
35 to 39	2,284	2,523
40 to 44	2,179	2,319
45 to 49	1,853	2,134
50 to 54	1,778	2,026
55 to 59	1,615	1,772
60 to 64	1,597	1,750
65 to 69	1,251	1,247
70 to 74	854	934
75 to 79	559	683
80 to 84	292	343
85 & up	107	178
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,949	5,004
5 to 9	5,050	5,114
10 to 14	5,018	4,794
15 to 19	4,292	3,953
20 to 24	3,005	3,336
25 to 29	2,760	2,948
30 to 34	2,510	2,583
35 to 39	2,259	2,419
40 to 44	2,117	2,318
45 to 49	2,036	2,219
50 to 54	1,842	1,970
55 to 59	1,467	1,659
60 to 64	1,317	1,583
65 to 69	1,220	1,306
70 to 74	976	1,150
75 to 79	625	727
80 to 84	290	328
85 & up	105	212
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,694	4,557
5 to 9	4,669	4,596
10 to 14	4,763	4,650
15 to 19	4,325	3,946
20 to 24	3,579	3,519
25 to 29	3,359	3,516
30 to 34	3,069	3,121
35 to 39	2,832	2,993
40 to 44	2,560	2,682
45 to 49	2,511	2,520
50 to 54	2,151	2,177
55 to 59	1,796	1,909
60 to 64	1,552	1,628
65 to 69	1,378	1,522
70 to 74	1,051	1,208
75 to 79	607	797
80 to 84	328	423
85 & up	150	238
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,777	3,666
5 to 9	4,071	4,022
10 to 14	3,930	3,784
15 to 19	3,896	3,606
20 to 24	3,968	3,452
25 to 29	3,728	3,469
30 to 34	3,326	3,341
35 to 39	2,839	3,246
40 to 44	2,750	3,120
45 to 49	2,762	3,012
50 to 54	2,623	2,728
55 to 59	2,401	2,496
60 to 64	1,997	2,197
65 to 69	1,820	1,837
70 to 74	1,290	1,385
75 to 79	789	957
80 to 84	387	531
85 & up	168	319
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,504	4,437
5 to 9	3,987	3,763
10 to 14	3,388	3,326
15 to 19	4,092	3,125
20 to 24	4,213	3,393
25 to 29	4,123	3,659
30 to 34	3,621	3,374
35 to 39	3,798	3,561
40 to 44	3,731	3,507
45 to 49	3,510	3,331
50 to 54	2,995	3,024
55 to 59	2,379	2,908
60 to 64	2,221	2,676
65 to 69	2,032	2,360
70 to 74	1,632	1,846
75 to 79	1,056	1,315
80 to 84	516	740
85 & up	256	377
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,738	4,356
5 to 9	4,167	4,040
10 to 14	4,459	4,313
15 to 19	4,031	3,474
20 to 24	3,736	3,292
25 to 29	3,664	3,288
30 to 34	3,631	3,509
35 to 39	3,658	3,637
40 to 44	3,357	3,283
45 to 49	3,459	3,432
50 to 54	3,440	3,332
55 to 59	3,149	3,078
60 to 64	2,603	2,784
65 to 69	1,960	2,547
70 to 74	1,599	2,126
75 to 79	1,128	1,523
80 to 84	627	910
85 & up	309	528
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,635	4,293
5 to 9	4,791	4,443
10 to 14	4,032	3,818
15 to 19	3,643	3,527
20 to 24	3,678	3,768
25 to 29	3,565	3,461
30 to 34	3,310	3,309
35 to 39	3,259	3,074
40 to 44	3,336	3,334
45 to 49	3,409	3,408
50 to 54	3,095	3,196
55 to 59	3,277	3,428
60 to 64	3,200	3,539
65 to 69	2,895	3,158
70 to 74	2,009	2,533
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	2,084	3,508

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,660	3,392
5 to 9	4,241	3,872
10 to 14	4,930	4,562
15 to 19	4,951	4,534
20 to 24	4,076	3,710
25 to 29	3,560	3,735
30 to 34	4,251	4,387
35 to 39	3,897	3,778
40 to 44	3,509	3,468
45 to 49	3,371	3,243
50 to 54	3,515	3,488
55 to 59	3,426	3,628
60 to 64	3,059	3,449
65 to 69	3,149	3,628
70 to 74	2,752	3,179
75 to 79	1,738	2,294
80 to 84	792	1,461
85 & up	392	996
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,988	3,765
5 to 9	3,707	3,653
10 to 14	4,021	3,630
15 to 19	4,214	3,934
20 to 24	4,451	4,193
25 to 29	4,375	4,204
30 to 34	4,198	4,134
35 to 39	3,822	4,050
40 to 44	4,708	4,838
45 to 49	4,013	3,973
50 to 54	3,756	3,712
55 to 59	3,591	3,608
60 to 64	3,840	4,179
65 to 69	3,889	4,290
70 to 74	2,979	3,509
75 to 79	2,204	2,994
80 to 84	1,201	2,205
85 & up	598	1,648
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,487	3,451
5 to 9	3,988	3,809
10 to 14	4,180	3,886
15 to 19	3,841	3,585
20 to 24	3,042	2,928
25 to 29	3,419	3,737
30 to 34	4,355	4,359
35 to 39	4,855	4,748
40 to 44	4,500	4,436
45 to 49	4,055	4,420
50 to 54	4,905	5,145
55 to 59	4,413	4,599
60 to 64	4,055	4,186
65 to 69	3,880	4,050
70 to 74	3,465	3,975
75 to 79	2,695	3,516
80 to 84	1,629	2,316
85 & up	1,013	2,323
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,044	3,926
5 to 9	3,785	3,476
10 to 14	4,006	3,882
15 to 19	4,171	4,026
20 to 24	4,232	3,837
25 to 29	4,220	4,065
30 to 34	3,779	3,634
35 to 39	4,049	4,236
40 to 44	4,822	5,050
45 to 49	5,186	5,246
50 to 54	4,625	4,828
55 to 59	4,357	4,875
60 to 64	5,351	5,902
65 to 69	4,726	4,989
70 to 74	3,910	4,168
75 to 79	3,092	3,526
80 to 84	2,117	2,849
85 & up	1,581	2,883
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	3,738	3,482
5 to 9	4,283	4,095
10 to 14	4,161	4,114
15 to 19	3,838	3,412
20 to 24	3,706	3,446
25 to 29	4,342	4,270
30 to 34	4,375	4,731
35 to 39	4,140	4,395
40 to 44	3,982	4,055
45 to 49	4,417	4,730
50 to 54	5,250	5,442
55 to 59	5,604	5,826
60 to 64	5,104	5,437
65 to 69	4,628	5,168
70 to 74	5,160	5,627
75 to 79	3,940	4,303
80 to 84	2,610	3,088
85 & up	2,144	3,286
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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Kings Lynn and West Norfolk District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up