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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	1,932	1,833
5 to 9	1,856	1,721
10 to 14	1,662	1,595
15 to 19	1,254	1,677
20 to 24	767	1,656
25 to 29	647	1,601
30 to 34	657	1,328
35 to 39	574	1,097
40 to 44	502	1,040
45 to 49	553	983
50 to 54	566	837
55 to 59	532	707
60 to 64	539	801
65 to 69	396	604
70 to 74	266	468
75 to 79	179	311
80 to 84	99	214
85 & up	61	141
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,515	1,477
5 to 9	1,565	1,495
10 to 14	1,608	1,435
15 to 19	1,410	1,538
20 to 24	957	1,354
25 to 29	717	1,132
30 to 34	622	965
35 to 39	579	1,040
40 to 44	617	987
45 to 49	549	1,077
50 to 54	529	983
55 to 59	418	767
60 to 64	390	818
65 to 69	360	675
70 to 74	340	528
75 to 79	222	361
80 to 84	171	267
85 & up	87	150
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,282	1,211
5 to 9	1,327	1,274
10 to 14	1,339	1,238
15 to 19	1,248	1,186
20 to 24	850	1,126
25 to 29	790	1,066
30 to 34	784	992
35 to 39	820	998
40 to 44	709	858
45 to 49	742	958
50 to 54	616	836
55 to 59	518	700
60 to 64	405	588
65 to 69	364	662
70 to 74	353	611
75 to 79	259	530
80 to 84	126	307
85 & up	57	181
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	680	621
5 to 9	814	740
10 to 14	795	776
15 to 19	853	851
20 to 24	687	840
25 to 29	639	840
30 to 34	575	773
35 to 39	557	753
40 to 44	529	770
45 to 49	548	774
50 to 54	564	760
55 to 59	552	765
60 to 64	514	598
65 to 69	493	689
70 to 74	374	559
75 to 79	231	376
80 to 84	92	231
85 & up	48	158
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	794	744
5 to 9	763	721
10 to 14	658	638
15 to 19	520	597
20 to 24	476	541
25 to 29	605	600
30 to 34	532	585
35 to 39	645	683
40 to 44	664	750
45 to 49	626	739
50 to 54	591	658
55 to 59	478	635
60 to 64	436	624
65 to 69	411	555
70 to 74	339	495
75 to 79	254	390
80 to 84	137	230
85 & up	65	161
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	640	620
5 to 9	712	636
10 to 14	739	667
15 to 19	572	585
20 to 24	498	452
25 to 29	478	495
30 to 34	521	482
35 to 39	582	535
40 to 44	474	531
45 to 49	583	603
50 to 54	587	688
55 to 59	568	668
60 to 64	491	588
65 to 69	370	538
70 to 74	293	492
75 to 79	228	343
80 to 84	113	234
85 & up	61	145
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	709	682
5 to 9	714	663
10 to 14	631	603
15 to 19	572	543
20 to 24	517	492
25 to 29	510	507
30 to 34	468	456
35 to 39	440	470
40 to 44	456	424
45 to 49	537	499
50 to 54	387	487
55 to 59	514	551
60 to 64	477	596
65 to 69	430	566
70 to 74	341	419
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	354	663

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	888	890
5 to 9	903	880
10 to 14	959	913
15 to 19	902	848
20 to 24	889	792
25 to 29	1,005	849
30 to 34	1,052	870
35 to 39	856	782
40 to 44	706	576
45 to 49	575	516
50 to 54	507	522
55 to 59	541	512
60 to 64	383	486
65 to 69	443	506
70 to 74	361	512
75 to 79	237	410
80 to 84	159	254
85 & up	60	195
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	816	785
5 to 9	822	750
10 to 14	938	797
15 to 19	823	739
20 to 24	783	803
25 to 29	909	821
30 to 34	837	797
35 to 39	930	806
40 to 44	925	779
45 to 49	801	700
50 to 54	616	530
55 to 59	527	510
60 to 64	423	435
65 to 69	408	483
70 to 74	325	424
75 to 79	233	388
80 to 84	181	297
85 & up	96	247
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	669	659
5 to 9	813	721
10 to 14	820	822
15 to 19	700	605
20 to 24	645	546
25 to 29	695	656
30 to 34	792	778
35 to 39	883	843
40 to 44	802	772
45 to 49	862	767
50 to 54	888	737
55 to 59	715	660
60 to 64	537	516
65 to 69	420	448
70 to 74	335	406
75 to 79	260	407
80 to 84	139	277
85 & up	96	297
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	741	648
5 to 9	712	614
10 to 14	711	739
15 to 19	792	659
20 to 24	671	624
25 to 29	653	600
30 to 34	707	696
35 to 39	782	751
40 to 44	836	834
45 to 49	952	889
50 to 54	833	796
55 to 59	824	769
60 to 64	842	715
65 to 69	601	629
70 to 74	450	463
75 to 79	304	383
80 to 84	204	287
85 & up	146	310
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	540	503
5 to 9	696	644
10 to 14	767	706
15 to 19	668	595
20 to 24	524	487
25 to 29	648	576
30 to 34	683	683
35 to 39	674	693
40 to 44	681	694
45 to 49	750	767
50 to 54	816	862
55 to 59	892	847
60 to 64	776	790
65 to 69	673	689
70 to 74	662	661
75 to 79	513	525
80 to 84	311	401
85 & up	212	346
75 & up

Date	Source
1861	1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [5] , 'Ages of the Males and Females in the Town Districts'
1881	1881 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [1] , 'Ages of the Males and Females for every Quinquennial Period of Life, for the Registration Divisions, Counties, and Districts of Scotland'
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 19 A, 'Conjugal Condition and Age-distribution of Population - Of City or County'
1931	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 21 , 'Quinquennial Age-Groups and Conjugal Condition (All Ages) - All Burghs and Districts of Counties'
1951	1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 15 , 'Quinquennial age-groups by conjugal condition (all ages)', for 'Burghs, Wards of Cities, Districts of Counties'
1961	1961 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Martial Condition', for 'County, LB, SB, Districts of County, 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	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table CAS001 Age by sex and whether living in household or communal establishment)
2011	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (File LC1117SC.csv within Output_Area_blk.zip)
2021	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV102b - Age (20) by sex)

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Age and sex structure data in the categories used in the 2021/22 Census. Wherever possible, we reorganise age structure data from other years to this same set of categories, including in our redistricted statistics for modern units.

Shetland Islands Council : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up