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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	6,122	6,093
5 to 9	4,897	4,940
10 to 14	4,488	4,409
15 to 19	4,924	3,934
20 to 24	6,040	4,374
25 to 29	4,501	3,918
30 to 34	3,527	3,610
35 to 39	2,837	3,126
40 to 44	2,576	2,745
45 to 49	1,860	2,102
50 to 54	1,606	1,660
55 to 59	1,060	1,192
60 to 64	909	1,141
65 to 69	675	862
70 to 74	552	691
75 to 79	336	363
80 to 84	137	169
85 & up	50	93
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,771	8,648
5 to 9	7,442	7,356
10 to 14	6,532	6,673
15 to 19	6,093	6,568
20 to 24	5,990	6,349
25 to 29	5,337	5,480
30 to 34	4,437	4,784
35 to 39	4,059	4,131
40 to 44	3,706	3,762
45 to 49	2,847	2,921
50 to 54	2,387	2,711
55 to 59	1,994	2,117
60 to 64	1,645	2,034
65 to 69	1,035	1,360
70 to 74	693	863
75 to 79	327	493
80 to 84	146	217
85 & up	74	126
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,856	10,006
5 to 9	9,365	9,160
10 to 14	8,200	8,530
15 to 19	8,071	7,903
20 to 24	7,487	8,137
25 to 29	6,701	7,363
30 to 34	5,312	6,194
35 to 39	4,665	5,318
40 to 44	3,999	4,671
45 to 49	3,651	3,890
50 to 54	3,178	3,307
55 to 59	2,325	2,528
60 to 64	1,854	2,383
65 to 69	1,362	1,785
70 to 74	1,068	1,425
75 to 79	493	726
80 to 84	239	355
85 & up	66	135
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	12,810	12,568
5 to 9	11,058	11,216
10 to 14	9,386	9,711
15 to 19	11,049	9,578
20 to 24	13,070	11,015
25 to 29	12,784	11,187
30 to 34	10,203	10,227
35 to 39	8,220	8,613
40 to 44	6,639	7,257
45 to 49	5,586	6,343
50 to 54	4,482	5,310
55 to 59	3,755	4,190
60 to 64	2,761	3,481
65 to 69	2,168	2,775
70 to 74	1,496	2,002
75 to 79	834	1,140
80 to 84	362	574
85 & up	121	301
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,999	9,677
5 to 9	10,950	10,699
10 to 14	10,549	10,421
15 to 19	9,771	10,245
20 to 24	11,009	10,557
25 to 29	10,775	10,398
30 to 34	9,152	9,889
35 to 39	8,342	9,386
40 to 44	8,035	9,186
45 to 49	7,807	8,849
50 to 54	6,955	7,956
55 to 59	6,022	6,609
60 to 64	4,491	5,479
65 to 69	3,353	4,486
70 to 74	2,234	3,313
75 to 79	1,255	2,052
80 to 84	532	1,051
85 & up	202	499
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,900	9,603
5 to 9	8,982	8,475
10 to 14	7,296	7,280
15 to 19	9,612	7,057
20 to 24	10,945	7,952
25 to 29	9,047	8,757
30 to 34	8,424	8,303
35 to 39	7,774	8,080
40 to 44	7,792	8,136
45 to 49	7,400	7,641
50 to 54	6,383	7,268
55 to 59	5,566	6,815
60 to 64	5,242	6,594
65 to 69	4,400	5,866
70 to 74	3,126	4,593
75 to 79	1,903	3,021
80 to 84	839	1,593
85 & up	335	872
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,966	7,541
5 to 9	6,907	6,629
10 to 14	8,483	8,224
15 to 19	9,165	7,963
20 to 24	8,801	7,335
25 to 29	6,834	5,854
30 to 34	5,859	5,921
35 to 39	6,390	6,997
40 to 44	6,668	7,246
45 to 49	6,770	7,362
50 to 54	7,011	7,535
55 to 59	6,449	7,158
60 to 64	5,290	6,645
65 to 69	4,162	6,078
70 to 74	3,358	5,291
75 to 79	2,272	4,011
80 to 84	1,090	2,268
85 & up	455	1,302
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,909	6,372
5 to 9	7,023	6,656
10 to 14	6,631	6,215
15 to 19	6,848	6,527
20 to 24	7,762	7,315
25 to 29	5,776	5,436
30 to 34	4,601	4,653
35 to 39	4,399	4,434
40 to 44	4,760	5,131
45 to 49	5,444	5,974
50 to 54	5,659	6,285
55 to 59	5,648	6,331
60 to 64	5,563	6,399
65 to 69	4,525	5,826
70 to 74	3,084	4,775
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	3,508	7,290

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,776	4,730
5 to 9	4,949	4,557
10 to 14	6,194	5,833
15 to 19	7,273	6,752
20 to 24	7,917	7,390
25 to 29	6,538	5,869
30 to 34	6,216	5,644
35 to 39	5,144	4,867
40 to 44	4,453	4,513
45 to 49	4,329	4,381
50 to 54	4,473	4,764
55 to 59	4,937	5,543
60 to 64	4,731	5,510
65 to 69	4,312	5,467
70 to 74	3,621	5,140
75 to 79	2,339	4,048
80 to 84	1,129	2,571
85 & up	632	2,035
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,282	6,065
5 to 9	5,320	5,094
10 to 14	4,471	4,330
15 to 19	4,899	4,773
20 to 24	7,450	7,687
25 to 29	8,192	8,092
30 to 34	6,896	6,428
35 to 39	5,305	5,016
40 to 44	5,605	5,435
45 to 49	4,750	4,642
50 to 54	4,143	4,248
55 to 59	3,914	4,011
60 to 64	3,967	4,503
65 to 69	3,796	4,911
70 to 74	3,283	4,842
75 to 79	2,488	4,120
80 to 84	1,432	3,126
85 & up	786	2,447
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,716	5,397
5 to 9	5,721	5,346
10 to 14	5,972	5,828
15 to 19	6,629	6,270
20 to 24	8,724	7,963
25 to 29	7,069	7,004
30 to 34	7,664	7,645
35 to 39	7,485	7,412
40 to 44	6,371	6,090
45 to 49	5,339	5,192
50 to 54	5,340	5,238
55 to 59	4,673	4,416
60 to 64	3,791	3,933
65 to 69	3,356	3,773
70 to 74	2,895	3,755
75 to 79	2,531	3,710
80 to 84	1,702	3,024
85 & up	1,107	2,752
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,955	6,593
5 to 9	5,659	5,372
10 to 14	5,574	5,353
15 to 19	8,316	7,640
20 to 24	12,191	10,570
25 to 29	8,739	8,252
30 to 34	7,169	6,691
35 to 39	6,790	6,594
40 to 44	7,277	7,003
45 to 49	6,935	6,913
50 to 54	6,106	5,820
55 to 59	4,692	4,620
60 to 64	4,890	4,930
65 to 69	3,825	3,830
70 to 74	2,881	3,325
75 to 79	2,286	2,924
80 to 84	1,550	2,450
85 & up	1,366	2,975
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,717	5,550
5 to 9	6,161	5,958
10 to 14	6,058	5,613
15 to 19	7,561	6,954
20 to 24	10,493	9,537
25 to 29	7,570	7,824
30 to 34	7,642	8,289
35 to 39	7,375	7,551
40 to 44	6,276	6,255
45 to 49	6,173	5,975
50 to 54	6,654	6,694
55 to 59	6,371	6,423
60 to 64	5,300	5,228
65 to 69	4,042	4,326
70 to 74	3,941	4,242
75 to 79	2,698	3,195
80 to 84	1,710	2,446
85 & up	1,442	2,767
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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Portsmouth Unitary Authority (UA) : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up