Weston super Mare Municipal Borough (UD/MB) : Percentage aged 15-64

R_AGE_15_64 = (AGE_GROUP:15_64 * 100.0) / TOT_POP:now

Data Role Period Covered Authority Source Details Method
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1911 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 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' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
TOT_POP:now 1911 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 5 , 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1921 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14 , 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
TOT_POP:now 1921 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1931 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 14 , 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
TOT_POP:now 1931 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1951 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 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' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
TOT_POP:now 1951 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1961 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, NT' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
TOT_POP:now 1961 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area

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This is the age group we treat as 'working age' although the definition has changed over time. Compulsory education to age 10 was established in some areas from 1870, and was gradually raised up to 16 by 1973. The male retirement age was standardised at 65 only in 1925.

Despite the large change in overall age structure, the proportion of working age has changed relatively little: it was smallest in 1871 and 1881 (59%), and at its greatest in 1931 (69%). The main concentrations of the workforce were in areas of rapid population growth, so in 1851 they were in the industrial districts and London. In 2011, low proportions of working age population are generally in rural areas, and also in coastal areas affected by retirement migration.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Weston super Mare Municipal Borough (UD/MB) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Rate: Percentage aged 15-64, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10135310/cube/AGE_15_64

Date accessed: 09th April 2026