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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	203,841	204,217
5 to 9	170,477	171,767
10 to 14	150,257	152,491
15 to 19	135,191	155,474
20 to 24	136,174	171,905
25 to 29	123,807	155,827
30 to 34	114,276	135,637
35 to 39	98,573	113,660
40 to 44	92,077	104,665
45 to 49	70,576	79,925
50 to 54	58,115	68,602
55 to 59	40,034	48,833
60 to 64	34,989	46,219
65 to 69	20,640	29,078
70 to 74	14,518	21,662
75 to 79	7,426	11,656
80 to 84	3,283	5,600
85 & up	1,241	2,504
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	310,624	310,696
5 to 9	264,141	267,732
10 to 14	229,320	236,351
15 to 19	211,084	242,852
20 to 24	211,749	254,817
25 to 29	192,995	228,109
30 to 34	165,705	190,565
35 to 39	145,054	162,017
40 to 44	127,142	141,814
45 to 49	97,537	112,504
50 to 54	82,576	97,964
55 to 59	58,223	71,994
60 to 64	53,769	68,068
65 to 69	31,990	44,561
70 to 74	20,779	31,544
75 to 79	10,819	17,893
80 to 84	4,697	8,541
85 & up	1,597	3,634
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	336,357	340,194
5 to 9	311,322	313,372
10 to 14	282,179	287,536
15 to 19	257,538	290,706
20 to 24	245,996	303,666
25 to 29	227,315	273,065
30 to 34	202,247	227,776
35 to 39	174,212	194,366
40 to 44	148,039	164,445
45 to 49	124,642	137,302
50 to 54	100,614	116,363
55 to 59	69,550	84,508
60 to 64	58,462	74,900
65 to 69	39,643	53,588
70 to 74	27,068	41,296
75 to 79	13,536	22,484
80 to 84	5,615	10,712
85 & up	2,102	4,874
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	382,885	378,653
5 to 9	359,126	359,941
10 to 14	327,443	333,418
15 to 19	302,262	336,869
20 to 24	285,109	362,826
25 to 29	289,988	357,114
30 to 34	276,952	321,913
35 to 39	252,918	287,428
40 to 44	216,565	243,751
45 to 49	182,491	205,602
50 to 54	149,478	167,916
55 to 59	113,071	130,618
60 to 64	87,265	105,219
65 to 69	64,617	83,318
70 to 74	40,008	59,715
75 to 79	20,470	34,756
80 to 84	8,913	17,045
85 & up	3,637	8,430
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	288,590	282,646
5 to 9	317,561	311,173
10 to 14	303,172	298,618
15 to 19	342,000	369,435
20 to 24	361,818	411,577
25 to 29	347,092	388,662
30 to 34	294,603	352,609
35 to 39	261,141	323,054
40 to 44	248,523	302,519
45 to 49	237,192	285,994
50 to 54	220,590	258,570
55 to 59	189,592	216,959
60 to 64	146,604	174,669
65 to 69	103,696	135,533
70 to 74	67,128	97,508
75 to 79	35,875	59,716
80 to 84	14,688	29,674
85 & up	5,429	13,996
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	338,388	320,734
5 to 9	280,354	268,534
10 to 14	238,401	232,412
15 to 19	197,058	246,018
20 to 24	254,975	297,777
25 to 29	314,409	334,367
30 to 34	295,157	313,430
35 to 39	325,699	345,448
40 to 44	330,131	346,021
45 to 49	302,019	320,249
50 to 54	248,879	294,282
55 to 59	203,753	254,438
60 to 64	171,835	225,656
65 to 69	135,740	194,873
70 to 74	98,397	152,112
75 to 79	60,545	101,948
80 to 84	26,815	53,910
85 & up	9,970	27,047
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	280,638	267,558
5 to 9	243,596	234,152
10 to 14	297,613	284,382
15 to 19	268,436	276,991
20 to 24	268,234	289,375
25 to 29	269,881	256,898
30 to 34	260,612	258,275
35 to 39	276,117	285,639
40 to 44	260,076	277,369
45 to 49	291,062	312,768
50 to 54	296,307	314,307
55 to 59	260,458	282,361
60 to 64	193,007	240,537
65 to 69	133,106	196,731
70 to 74	95,109	161,764
75 to 79	61,638	120,957
80 to 84	32,351	71,996
85 & up	14,610	40,650
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	272,822	259,994
5 to 9	279,389	266,846
10 to 14	247,675	236,968
15 to 19	237,665	239,052
20 to 24	302,455	311,326
25 to 29	253,041	252,398
30 to 34	220,465	212,813
35 to 39	205,938	201,499
40 to 44	212,016	218,934
45 to 49	228,001	242,526
50 to 54	215,519	234,385
55 to 59	231,480	252,824
60 to 64	215,610	238,298
65 to 69	154,110	196,624
70 to 74	92,644	155,419
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	95,169	224,101

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	195,996	186,528
5 to 9	193,066	184,263
10 to 14	234,972	224,386
15 to 19	265,568	262,732
20 to 24	280,005	291,717
25 to 29	259,143	258,239
30 to 34	254,752	254,173
35 to 39	199,085	203,370
40 to 44	185,403	188,012
45 to 49	181,545	182,027
50 to 54	186,785	194,144
55 to 59	192,307	203,489
60 to 64	165,290	182,897
65 to 69	150,201	183,047
70 to 74	118,246	163,773
75 to 79	72,200	125,656
80 to 84	32,223	80,560
85 & up	15,593	57,157
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	234,477	225,350
5 to 9	205,843	196,715
10 to 14	188,359	179,281
15 to 19	191,288	187,431
20 to 24	268,838	299,368
25 to 29	329,494	355,380
30 to 34	278,936	286,158
35 to 39	225,387	230,408
40 to 44	222,740	230,519
45 to 49	180,843	189,748
50 to 54	168,460	171,410
55 to 59	158,879	159,557
60 to 64	148,892	156,991
65 to 69	131,886	154,032
70 to 74	99,079	133,819
75 to 79	78,282	126,064
80 to 84	46,134	92,383
85 & up	22,522	71,069
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	244,108	234,889
5 to 9	231,442	220,998
10 to 14	222,284	212,830
15 to 19	212,405	205,043
20 to 24	254,448	277,201
25 to 29	331,662	360,375
30 to 34	341,043	354,933
35 to 39	310,951	322,972
40 to 44	252,594	258,356
45 to 49	203,569	213,969
50 to 54	199,519	211,363
55 to 59	155,638	167,392
60 to 64	137,323	145,547
65 to 69	119,139	128,625
70 to 74	99,750	120,636
75 to 79	75,896	109,016
80 to 84	46,872	78,732
85 & up	31,720	80,596
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	302,540	288,955
5 to 9	245,848	236,961
10 to 14	233,268	223,597
15 to 19	239,896	231,763
20 to 24	310,403	319,569
25 to 29	412,188	420,778
30 to 34	403,225	393,663
35 to 39	336,264	327,782
40 to 44	304,686	305,334
45 to 49	273,747	282,909
50 to 54	228,084	233,206
55 to 59	181,543	190,393
60 to 64	165,592	176,998
65 to 69	121,114	135,658
70 to 74	100,729	115,557
75 to 79	79,533	97,298
80 to 84	54,234	77,596
85 & up	40,395	82,635
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	269,623	259,135
5 to 9	271,562	260,021
10 to 14	273,645	261,686
15 to 19	249,036	240,341
20 to 24	284,750	304,586
25 to 29	374,277	412,307
30 to 34	385,689	422,381
35 to 39	353,027	382,755
40 to 44	324,023	343,121
45 to 49	292,774	301,092
50 to 54	280,006	293,897
55 to 59	247,664	263,890
60 to 64	196,801	207,636
65 to 69	145,635	160,443
70 to 74	124,558	144,677
75 to 79	83,883	105,727
80 to 84	59,724	80,825
85 & up	50,671	86,836
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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London Government Region : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up