St Albans District : Males & Females

Males & Females

Data cube chart.

Year Male Female
1801 4,483 Show data context 4,907 Show data context
1811 4,956 Show data context 5,745 Show data context
1821 6,549 Show data context 6,914 Show data context
1831 7,310 Show data context 7,801 Show data context
1841 7,700 Show data context 8,580 Show data context
1851 8,214 Show data context 8,983 Show data context
1861 8,432 Show data context 9,700 Show data context
1881 10,450 Show data context 11,773 Show data context
1891 12,074 Show data context 13,489 Show data context
1911 19,349 Show data context 22,739 Show data context
1921 20,459 Show data context 25,247 Show data context
1931 25,016 Show data context 29,704 Show data context
1951 40,370 Show data context 45,282 Show data context
1961 51,562 Show data context 54,840 Show data context
1971 55,882 Show data context 58,417 Show data context
1981 61,240 Show data context 63,268 Show data context
1991 60,687 Show data context 63,098 Show data context
2001 63,540 Show data context 65,586 Show data context
2011 69,040 Show data context 71,624 Show data context
2021 72,391 Show data context 75,895 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
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'
1921 1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14 , 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
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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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St Albans District through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Males & Females, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026