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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	5,437	5,378
5 to 9	4,591	4,630
10 to 14	4,159	4,021
15 to 19	3,822	3,581
20 to 24	3,453	3,512
25 to 29	2,966	2,910
30 to 34	2,562	2,580
35 to 39	2,293	2,192
40 to 44	2,044	2,006
45 to 49	1,752	1,656
50 to 54	1,439	1,440
55 to 59	1,162	1,213
60 to 64	984	1,024
65 to 69	664	711
70 to 74	436	509
75 to 79	259	313
80 to 84	103	138
85 & up	38	43
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,796	10,616
5 to 9	8,957	9,129
10 to 14	7,759	7,514
15 to 19	6,848	6,078
20 to 24	6,479	5,840
25 to 29	5,980	5,536
30 to 34	5,029	4,613
35 to 39	4,386	4,062
40 to 44	3,673	3,573
45 to 49	2,875	2,769
50 to 54	2,469	2,371
55 to 59	1,804	1,829
60 to 64	1,537	1,577
65 to 69	975	1,086
70 to 74	628	740
75 to 79	355	437
80 to 84	121	179
85 & up	36	72
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,662	11,014
5 to 9	10,074	10,127
10 to 14	9,582	9,211
15 to 19	8,690	7,539
20 to 24	7,563	6,819
25 to 29	6,513	6,238
30 to 34	5,911	5,255
35 to 39	5,395	4,836
40 to 44	4,478	4,063
45 to 49	3,674	3,429
50 to 54	2,984	2,945
55 to 59	2,099	2,103
60 to 64	1,709	1,803
65 to 69	1,168	1,271
70 to 74	767	922
75 to 79	384	464
80 to 84	156	195
85 & up	54	77
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,854	14,935
5 to 9	13,243	13,757
10 to 14	12,221	12,279
15 to 19	11,377	9,846
20 to 24	10,740	9,460
25 to 29	10,531	9,425
30 to 34	10,123	9,001
35 to 39	8,991	7,889
40 to 44	7,494	6,501
45 to 49	6,079	5,426
50 to 54	4,984	4,302
55 to 59	3,983	3,606
60 to 64	2,975	2,733
65 to 69	2,064	2,168
70 to 74	1,160	1,383
75 to 79	541	680
80 to 84	216	308
85 & up	66	111
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	12,106	11,919
5 to 9	13,778	13,584
10 to 14	12,817	12,515
15 to 19	13,248	11,551
20 to 24	12,185	11,055
25 to 29	11,831	11,145
30 to 34	10,842	10,756
35 to 39	9,116	9,652
40 to 44	8,746	8,862
45 to 49	8,264	8,157
50 to 54	7,762	7,463
55 to 59	6,840	6,174
60 to 64	5,073	4,658
65 to 69	3,592	3,470
70 to 74	2,165	2,263
75 to 79	1,134	1,292
80 to 84	381	539
85 & up	89	174
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,376	12,723
5 to 9	11,755	11,038
10 to 14	10,468	10,179
15 to 19	8,625	9,792
20 to 24	9,132	10,121
25 to 29	11,530	10,904
30 to 34	10,383	10,238
35 to 39	10,971	10,461
40 to 44	10,693	10,192
45 to 49	9,960	9,823
50 to 54	8,879	9,196
55 to 59	6,935	7,807
60 to 64	5,943	6,572
65 to 69	4,866	5,606
70 to 74	3,615	4,367
75 to 79	2,209	2,641
80 to 84	887	1,128
85 & up	254	484
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	12,367	11,688
5 to 9	11,445	10,927
10 to 14	12,691	12,157
15 to 19	10,849	10,601
20 to 24	8,888	9,204
25 to 29	9,085	9,033
30 to 34	9,478	9,436
35 to 39	10,816	10,324
40 to 44	9,613	9,713
45 to 49	10,156	9,773
50 to 54	9,666	9,494
55 to 59	8,647	8,821
60 to 64	7,136	7,909
65 to 69	4,849	6,234
70 to 74	3,489	4,789
75 to 79	2,097	3,246
80 to 84	1,004	1,872
85 & up	428	780
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,557	12,902
5 to 9	13,377	12,958
10 to 14	12,269	11,547
15 to 19	10,675	10,543
20 to 24	10,823	10,998
25 to 29	10,052	9,717
30 to 34	9,022	8,935
35 to 39	8,672	8,763
40 to 44	8,874	9,048
45 to 49	9,943	9,794
50 to 54	8,711	9,024
55 to 59	8,828	8,757
60 to 64	7,723	8,163
65 to 69	5,984	7,211
70 to 74	4,041	5,579
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	3,470	6,463

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,670	9,020
5 to 9	11,278	10,670
10 to 14	13,688	13,041
15 to 19	13,197	12,914
20 to 24	11,565	11,551
25 to 29	11,050	10,770
30 to 34	12,498	12,018
35 to 39	10,498	9,986
40 to 44	9,224	9,082
45 to 49	8,613	8,649
50 to 54	8,631	8,780
55 to 59	9,244	9,248
60 to 64	7,514	8,276
65 to 69	6,739	7,641
70 to 74	5,019	6,535
75 to 79	2,922	4,947
80 to 84	1,420	3,056
85 & up	550	1,674
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,839	10,667
5 to 9	10,336	9,812
10 to 14	9,482	8,883
15 to 19	10,596	10,130
20 to 24	12,011	12,353
25 to 29	12,269	12,484
30 to 34	11,186	11,384
35 to 39	10,530	10,546
40 to 44	11,704	11,576
45 to 49	9,983	9,634
50 to 54	8,654	8,703
55 to 59	7,901	8,199
60 to 64	7,397	8,127
65 to 69	7,261	8,241
70 to 74	5,064	6,801
75 to 79	3,662	5,494
80 to 84	1,868	3,708
85 & up	781	2,604
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,258	8,927
5 to 9	10,442	10,122
10 to 14	10,961	10,738
15 to 19	9,714	9,783
20 to 24	7,800	8,371
25 to 29	9,481	10,138
30 to 34	12,450	12,726
35 to 39	12,538	12,656
40 to 44	11,173	11,373
45 to 49	10,681	10,411
50 to 54	11,395	11,181
55 to 59	9,256	9,171
60 to 64	7,708	8,057
65 to 69	6,657	7,444
70 to 74	5,470	6,809
75 to 79	4,385	6,223
80 to 84	2,390	4,276
85 & up	1,413	3,616
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,037	9,508
5 to 9	8,997	8,646
10 to 14	9,463	9,311
15 to 19	10,252	9,767
20 to 24	9,576	9,990
25 to 29	10,099	10,674
30 to 34	9,054	9,543
35 to 39	10,518	10,806
40 to 44	12,696	12,694
45 to 49	12,834	12,323
50 to 54	11,324	11,309
55 to 59	10,082	9,971
60 to 64	10,594	10,627
65 to 69	8,242	8,660
70 to 74	6,391	7,049
75 to 79	4,755	5,856
80 to 84	2,938	4,589
85 & up	2,061	4,601
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,370	9,752
5 to 9	10,781	10,195
10 to 14	10,653	10,164
15 to 19	9,184	8,676
20 to 24	8,964	9,011
25 to 29	11,482	12,146
30 to 34	12,294	13,012
35 to 39	11,676	11,981
40 to 44	10,302	10,442
45 to 49	11,350	11,452
50 to 54	13,073	13,242
55 to 59	12,399	12,575
60 to 64	10,664	10,940
65 to 69	8,959	9,465
70 to 74	8,888	9,638
75 to 79	6,212	7,058
80 to 84	3,836	5,029
85 & up	2,700	4,842
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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Wakefield District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up