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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	66,361	64,858
5 to 9	55,807	54,426
10 to 14	47,652	46,246
15 to 19	44,405	41,191
20 to 24	42,886	41,078
25 to 29	36,796	35,103
30 to 34	31,557	30,483
35 to 39	27,039	26,296
40 to 44	24,324	23,178
45 to 49	19,717	19,248
50 to 54	16,297	16,512
55 to 59	11,922	12,445
60 to 64	10,053	11,156
65 to 69	6,305	7,484
70 to 74	4,509	5,502
75 to 79	2,662	3,407
80 to 84	1,260	1,811
85 & up	455	837
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	107,894	107,073
5 to 9	95,581	95,200
10 to 14	80,126	79,226
15 to 19	72,397	69,102
20 to 24	65,629	62,422
25 to 29	60,159	54,349
30 to 34	51,608	46,357
35 to 39	45,190	40,454
40 to 44	39,214	35,861
45 to 49	30,734	29,086
50 to 54	25,636	24,727
55 to 59	19,105	19,221
60 to 64	16,068	16,791
65 to 69	10,391	11,428
70 to 74	6,612	7,687
75 to 79	3,435	4,367
80 to 84	1,440	2,065
85 & up	510	866
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	116,260	116,256
5 to 9	105,969	105,611
10 to 14	97,900	97,730
15 to 19	91,231	87,748
20 to 24	78,462	76,815
25 to 29	68,250	66,495
30 to 34	59,636	55,431
35 to 39	53,568	48,122
40 to 44	45,506	40,866
45 to 49	39,207	35,250
50 to 54	32,050	29,763
55 to 59	22,995	22,738
60 to 64	18,581	18,704
65 to 69	12,814	13,783
70 to 74	8,252	9,445
75 to 79	4,083	5,227
80 to 84	1,680	2,243
85 & up	556	941
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	146,071	144,494
5 to 9	133,639	133,468
10 to 14	120,835	120,199
15 to 19	111,131	108,720
20 to 24	100,524	103,225
25 to 29	95,140	96,202
30 to 34	89,287	88,107
35 to 39	81,355	78,233
40 to 44	65,423	63,351
45 to 49	55,818	53,657
50 to 54	45,414	42,949
55 to 59	36,889	34,149
60 to 64	28,600	26,507
65 to 69	20,745	20,448
70 to 74	12,676	14,156
75 to 79	6,063	7,497
80 to 84	2,437	3,094
85 & up	834	1,288
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	113,523	111,393
5 to 9	127,386	125,010
10 to 14	121,651	118,878
15 to 19	116,047	107,356
20 to 24	104,151	103,478
25 to 29	99,504	102,583
30 to 34	89,847	95,186
35 to 39	80,390	88,258
40 to 44	76,376	82,174
45 to 49	72,296	76,187
50 to 54	67,933	68,904
55 to 59	60,358	58,523
60 to 64	44,960	44,162
65 to 69	32,480	33,606
70 to 74	20,214	22,569
75 to 79	10,723	12,296
80 to 84	3,989	5,392
85 & up	1,198	1,983
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	120,905	116,144
5 to 9	97,738	93,765
10 to 14	94,113	91,320
15 to 19	81,720	89,480
20 to 24	85,145	93,758
25 to 29	100,547	99,962
30 to 34	91,040	91,524
35 to 39	90,837	91,863
40 to 44	92,181	92,038
45 to 49	87,899	89,718
50 to 54	75,357	81,813
55 to 59	62,279	72,108
60 to 64	53,394	63,320
65 to 69	43,748	53,190
70 to 74	33,718	40,574
75 to 79	21,060	25,335
80 to 84	8,123	11,296
85 & up	2,610	4,595
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	119,146	112,971
5 to 9	108,532	103,762
10 to 14	117,833	113,166
15 to 19	92,101	90,609
20 to 24	78,546	83,691
25 to 29	83,446	82,375
30 to 34	88,958	88,345
35 to 39	97,718	95,065
40 to 44	87,769	87,900
45 to 49	86,714	87,625
50 to 54	85,754	86,973
55 to 59	77,599	82,842
60 to 64	61,280	72,197
65 to 69	44,731	60,245
70 to 74	32,371	46,785
75 to 79	20,540	32,045
80 to 84	10,803	17,334
85 & up	4,223	7,900
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	109,552	104,501
5 to 9	118,682	112,923
10 to 14	112,990	107,501
15 to 19	99,185	96,253
20 to 24	95,128	96,019
25 to 29	78,623	77,864
30 to 34	75,485	75,702
35 to 39	76,061	76,279
40 to 44	81,805	82,659
45 to 49	88,555	88,399
50 to 54	77,867	80,740
55 to 59	73,933	79,169
60 to 64	68,296	76,860
65 to 69	54,228	69,103
70 to 74	35,233	53,711
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	33,948	66,321

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	81,344	77,581
5 to 9	88,983	84,318
10 to 14	106,933	102,273
15 to 19	112,989	109,845
20 to 24	99,994	97,351
25 to 29	89,801	87,274
30 to 34	96,361	94,376
35 to 39	77,909	75,872
40 to 44	74,345	74,504
45 to 49	74,094	74,120
50 to 54	77,463	78,820
55 to 59	79,592	81,872
60 to 64	65,123	72,344
65 to 69	55,538	67,902
70 to 74	43,261	59,693
75 to 79	26,074	46,358
80 to 84	11,864	27,564
85 & up	5,226	16,477
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	85,522	81,577
5 to 9	84,765	80,859
10 to 14	80,911	77,169
15 to 19	83,605	81,099
20 to 24	88,191	92,222
25 to 29	93,407	98,792
30 to 34	90,421	94,110
35 to 39	84,621	85,283
40 to 44	91,615	91,896
45 to 49	74,220	73,705
50 to 54	69,998	71,710
55 to 59	68,214	70,284
60 to 64	67,239	72,987
65 to 69	62,997	72,381
70 to 74	44,403	59,211
75 to 79	29,851	48,675
80 to 84	16,250	34,147
85 & up	7,770	25,091
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	70,969	67,681
5 to 9	80,916	76,323
10 to 14	85,553	81,752
15 to 19	82,506	81,532
20 to 24	74,536	74,931
25 to 29	72,107	76,003
30 to 34	86,310	91,956
35 to 39	95,556	99,567
40 to 44	89,855	93,207
45 to 49	83,485	83,834
50 to 54	88,737	89,111
55 to 59	70,153	70,935
60 to 64	63,786	67,578
65 to 69	57,792	63,429
70 to 74	48,432	59,880
75 to 79	36,446	51,975
80 to 84	19,829	35,493
85 & up	11,320	31,206
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	76,837	73,006
5 to 9	69,978	66,321
10 to 14	74,056	70,989
15 to 19	86,544	82,896
20 to 24	93,423	90,595
25 to 29	81,454	82,849
30 to 34	74,912	76,240
35 to 39	77,110	80,039
40 to 44	89,591	93,641
45 to 49	96,191	99,829
50 to 54	89,282	92,097
55 to 59	79,385	81,560
60 to 64	82,644	85,932
65 to 69	62,647	65,864
70 to 74	51,571	59,160
75 to 79	40,101	49,760
80 to 84	26,311	38,691
85 & up	17,666	37,714
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	68,792	65,540
5 to 9	77,410	73,036
10 to 14	79,064	75,243
15 to 19	76,601	73,509
20 to 24	82,418	80,602
25 to 29	78,808	81,925
30 to 34	80,913	87,002
35 to 39	79,363	84,043
40 to 44	74,348	77,811
45 to 49	77,862	81,292
50 to 54	89,663	93,747
55 to 59	94,086	98,204
60 to 64	85,715	89,620
65 to 69	74,224	77,527
70 to 74	71,056	77,312
75 to 79	47,325	53,978
80 to 84	31,726	41,560
85 & up	24,285	41,750
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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the North East Government Region : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up