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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	218,811	217,077
5 to 9	183,989	184,007
10 to 14	164,517	164,084
15 to 19	151,872	161,302
20 to 24	145,165	167,166
25 to 29	122,573	143,323
30 to 34	109,920	122,295
35 to 39	96,301	104,023
40 to 44	89,035	95,073
45 to 49	70,410	73,985
50 to 54	60,750	64,367
55 to 59	43,103	45,678
60 to 64	36,293	40,057
65 to 69	21,387	24,897
70 to 74	14,980	18,021
75 to 79	7,866	9,891
80 to 84	3,715	4,791
85 & up	1,208	1,853
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	306,553	309,931
5 to 9	266,382	269,201
10 to 14	233,319	236,744
15 to 19	212,224	223,260
20 to 24	198,903	219,751
25 to 29	181,325	194,400
30 to 34	152,617	162,722
35 to 39	131,850	141,726
40 to 44	119,172	129,123
45 to 49	91,506	102,264
50 to 54	79,896	90,146
55 to 59	59,066	67,464
60 to 64	50,341	59,200
65 to 69	31,113	37,199
70 to 74	19,913	24,840
75 to 79	10,048	12,802
80 to 84	4,048	5,683
85 & up	1,218	1,988
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	307,835	311,925
5 to 9	289,617	292,988
10 to 14	278,344	284,044
15 to 19	254,371	267,546
20 to 24	222,098	251,475
25 to 29	198,947	222,589
30 to 34	176,852	189,567
35 to 39	157,588	165,203
40 to 44	133,013	142,127
45 to 49	110,476	120,645
50 to 54	93,902	105,182
55 to 59	65,512	76,335
60 to 64	54,511	65,935
65 to 69	36,062	45,255
70 to 74	23,546	30,273
75 to 79	11,167	14,807
80 to 84	4,357	6,329
85 & up	1,381	2,247
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	325,201	323,170
5 to 9	305,170	306,938
10 to 14	291,769	294,902
15 to 19	278,819	292,788
20 to 24	257,264	294,601
25 to 29	248,705	287,345
30 to 34	239,868	268,743
35 to 39	219,557	239,093
40 to 44	184,389	201,142
45 to 49	156,394	171,356
50 to 54	128,919	142,873
55 to 59	99,284	112,692
60 to 64	75,362	87,443
65 to 69	53,420	67,227
70 to 74	32,721	46,309
75 to 79	15,051	22,864
80 to 84	5,695	9,258
85 & up	1,861	3,503
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	241,208	237,959
5 to 9	265,698	263,800
10 to 14	258,139	254,398
15 to 19	272,724	285,403
20 to 24	271,675	298,223
25 to 29	261,090	285,668
30 to 34	233,715	271,998
35 to 39	212,142	256,946
40 to 44	205,115	243,088
45 to 49	195,520	232,216
50 to 54	186,062	217,617
55 to 59	164,198	183,275
60 to 64	126,147	144,083
65 to 69	88,773	109,135
70 to 74	54,313	74,243
75 to 79	26,633	40,723
80 to 84	9,409	16,832
85 & up	2,824	6,391
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	298,192	284,656
5 to 9	247,157	237,169
10 to 14	225,163	218,701
15 to 19	198,836	215,234
20 to 24	211,838	230,874
25 to 29	245,361	253,109
30 to 34	226,738	238,528
35 to 39	246,103	261,305
40 to 44	255,023	268,032
45 to 49	241,064	255,517
50 to 54	207,352	243,298
55 to 59	172,174	217,152
60 to 64	147,496	195,588
65 to 69	118,314	167,808
70 to 74	89,171	132,770
75 to 79	54,188	82,039
80 to 84	21,818	37,170
85 & up	6,779	15,068
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	287,825	272,668
5 to 9	258,054	245,653
10 to 14	291,985	278,824
15 to 19	237,944	234,118
20 to 24	201,280	212,578
25 to 29	209,069	203,324
30 to 34	218,249	217,280
35 to 39	236,891	239,977
40 to 44	217,464	228,718
45 to 49	233,008	248,524
50 to 54	236,557	253,177
55 to 59	211,939	235,094
60 to 64	165,031	213,807
65 to 69	122,113	181,833
70 to 74	87,087	144,774
75 to 79	53,543	100,552
80 to 84	27,077	56,547
85 & up	10,874	25,436
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	299,802	283,735
5 to 9	313,150	296,705
10 to 14	282,530	267,085
15 to 19	248,289	238,571
20 to 24	252,592	251,010
25 to 29	216,055	212,518
30 to 34	202,125	197,715
35 to 39	195,133	192,135
40 to 44	204,679	207,367
45 to 49	218,246	225,308
50 to 54	196,206	211,137
55 to 59	200,290	223,014
60 to 64	187,355	220,621
65 to 69	146,598	194,312
70 to 74	93,144	157,535
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	89,654	201,496

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	211,826	201,667
5 to 9	238,359	225,522
10 to 14	290,482	274,714
15 to 19	299,708	289,280
20 to 24	255,044	248,147
25 to 29	225,307	220,845
30 to 34	251,757	247,480
35 to 39	210,858	207,549
40 to 44	196,627	194,687
45 to 49	189,256	187,127
50 to 54	193,714	198,228
55 to 59	197,195	209,554
60 to 64	164,318	188,966
65 to 69	150,700	190,427
70 to 74	119,158	172,474
75 to 79	71,718	131,802
80 to 84	31,699	81,968
85 & up	14,543	51,064
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	236,036	225,484
5 to 9	226,808	216,353
10 to 14	212,102	201,899
15 to 19	226,075	218,449
20 to 24	242,027	249,283
25 to 29	249,552	262,714
30 to 34	231,989	240,008
35 to 39	215,150	218,219
40 to 44	243,143	243,356
45 to 49	203,118	202,437
50 to 54	185,880	187,145
55 to 59	173,818	177,100
60 to 64	167,521	182,334
65 to 69	154,540	183,869
70 to 74	112,935	155,117
75 to 79	82,944	137,278
80 to 84	46,437	99,524
85 & up	21,616	73,941
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	202,373	192,679
5 to 9	225,178	213,784
10 to 14	238,214	227,645
15 to 19	220,569	215,760
20 to 24	190,429	199,063
25 to 29	202,685	212,896
30 to 34	241,114	254,714
35 to 39	254,823	265,134
40 to 44	232,360	238,541
45 to 49	212,289	215,839
50 to 54	234,966	236,163
55 to 59	190,211	193,220
60 to 64	167,882	174,857
65 to 69	146,380	159,577
70 to 74	121,731	150,740
75 to 79	92,661	133,095
80 to 84	52,392	95,514
85 & up	32,256	91,988
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	221,278	210,813
5 to 9	201,216	190,950
10 to 14	211,056	201,351
15 to 19	232,944	223,893
20 to 24	245,080	244,560
25 to 29	233,143	233,439
30 to 34	214,455	215,230
35 to 39	222,369	227,680
40 to 44	254,350	260,452
45 to 49	257,533	264,818
50 to 54	230,877	234,263
55 to 59	204,381	205,247
60 to 64	218,521	221,123
65 to 69	166,900	175,340
70 to 74	134,704	150,798
75 to 79	101,428	125,922
80 to 84	67,476	99,770
85 & up	46,974	101,843
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	208,846	198,994
5 to 9	227,586	217,440
10 to 14	232,260	219,963
15 to 19	219,832	211,126
20 to 24	226,120	227,478
25 to 29	233,723	243,153
30 to 34	245,137	260,916
35 to 39	236,850	248,623
40 to 44	218,702	226,060
45 to 49	227,087	231,476
50 to 54	254,470	259,239
55 to 59	252,938	259,913
60 to 64	219,120	224,674
65 to 69	184,157	191,757
70 to 74	182,289	197,468
75 to 79	125,462	144,304
80 to 84	82,929	107,200
85 & up	62,793	107,970
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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the North West Government Region : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up