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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	1,985	1,792
5 to 9	1,854	1,822
10 to 14	1,710	1,631
15 to 19	1,518	1,604
20 to 24	1,168	1,390
25 to 29	935	1,252
30 to 34	740	1,121
35 to 39	722	1,022
40 to 44	704	969
45 to 49	648	949
50 to 54	607	788
55 to 59	538	760
60 to 64	640	759
65 to 69	428	571
70 to 74	305	449
75 to 79	204	310
80 to 84	138	179
85 & up	53	99
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,890	1,804
5 to 9	1,776	1,792
10 to 14	1,760	1,641
15 to 19	1,574	1,569
20 to 24	1,226	1,268
25 to 29	915	1,152
30 to 34	742	947
35 to 39	720	948
40 to 44	730	908
45 to 49	712	948
50 to 54	639	864
55 to 59	519	764
60 to 64	539	745
65 to 69	459	620
70 to 74	311	481
75 to 79	253	350
80 to 84	160	182
85 & up	57	79
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	1,170	1,061
5 to 9	1,241	1,188
10 to 14	1,244	1,135
15 to 19	1,160	1,091
20 to 24	832	985
25 to 29	759	893
30 to 34	726	896
35 to 39	742	936
40 to 44	686	768
45 to 49	653	787
50 to 54	651	720
55 to 59	611	712
60 to 64	445	587
65 to 69	456	621
70 to 74	415	533
75 to 79	262	404
80 to 84	135	217
85 & up	63	112
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	787	773
5 to 9	892	827
10 to 14	894	872
15 to 19	957	893
20 to 24	808	772
25 to 29	765	771
30 to 34	615	686
35 to 39	603	694
40 to 44	564	711
45 to 49	599	705
50 to 54	630	719
55 to 59	647	748
60 to 64	520	617
65 to 69	470	549
70 to 74	399	475
75 to 79	286	331
80 to 84	126	187
85 & up	52	127
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	936	899
5 to 9	816	955
10 to 14	766	759
15 to 19	633	635
20 to 24	618	643
25 to 29	705	656
30 to 34	721	691
35 to 39	770	752
40 to 44	777	690
45 to 49	711	721
50 to 54	580	635
55 to 59	534	573
60 to 64	458	561
65 to 69	458	540
70 to 74	401	502
75 to 79	269	379
80 to 84	142	209
85 & up	56	103
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	694	731
5 to 9	700	699
10 to 14	804	783
15 to 19	612	689
20 to 24	503	519
25 to 29	498	487
30 to 34	576	552
35 to 39	612	555
40 to 44	576	590
45 to 49	685	670
50 to 54	650	637
55 to 59	596	612
60 to 64	460	535
65 to 69	417	480
70 to 74	300	424
75 to 79	239	355
80 to 84	136	192
85 & up	62	117
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	663	616
5 to 9	762	690
10 to 14	593	646
15 to 19	527	512
20 to 24	461	433
25 to 29	463	523
30 to 34	486	473
35 to 39	444	456
40 to 44	494	498
45 to 49	511	495
50 to 54	479	503
55 to 59	561	622
60 to 64	545	552
65 to 69	477	501
70 to 74	294	418
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	352	573

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	583	595
5 to 9	614	666
10 to 14	808	709
15 to 19	763	719
20 to 24	557	526
25 to 29	596	558
30 to 34	717	635
35 to 39	600	625
40 to 44	570	542
45 to 49	483	463
50 to 54	484	500
55 to 59	493	483
60 to 64	424	528
65 to 69	475	560
70 to 74	417	464
75 to 79	264	369
80 to 84	117	226
85 & up	64	142
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	696	656
5 to 9	604	643
10 to 14	682	678
15 to 19	617	693
20 to 24	674	651
25 to 29	661	629
30 to 34	630	654
35 to 39	697	626
40 to 44	778	717
45 to 49	673	706
50 to 54	593	556
55 to 59	489	486
60 to 64	476	496
65 to 69	455	476
70 to 74	361	448
75 to 79	235	393
80 to 84	191	294
85 & up	97	233
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	528	456
5 to 9	607	611
10 to 14	702	668
15 to 19	563	544
20 to 24	425	371
25 to 29	478	529
30 to 34	698	658
35 to 39	776	707
40 to 44	690	714
45 to 49	705	678
50 to 54	738	690
55 to 59	646	684
60 to 64	575	584
65 to 69	437	466
70 to 74	372	452
75 to 79	291	357
80 to 84	145	295
85 & up	121	284
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	564	543
5 to 9	502	502
10 to 14	645	560
15 to 19	637	669
20 to 24	614	519
25 to 29	528	520
30 to 34	505	560
35 to 39	569	647
40 to 44	784	805
45 to 49	878	834
50 to 54	810	801
55 to 59	771	757
60 to 64	824	782
65 to 69	650	696
70 to 74	535	557
75 to 79	337	396
80 to 84	244	325
85 & up	169	310
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	494	464
5 to 9	597	516
10 to 14	618	580
15 to 19	526	487
20 to 24	466	417
25 to 29	572	547
30 to 34	650	659
35 to 39	558	650
40 to 44	569	602
45 to 49	590	698
50 to 54	822	882
55 to 59	920	941
60 to 64	870	846
65 to 69	748	750
70 to 74	639	706
75 to 79	570	602
80 to 84	342	387
85 & up	251	406
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 five-year bands to age 95, as published for 20th century Local Government Districts

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

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up