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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	32,733	31,939
5 to 9	25,206	24,924
10 to 14	21,925	21,252
15 to 19	22,575	25,001
20 to 24	22,911	27,556
25 to 29	18,546	23,873
30 to 34	16,312	19,628
35 to 39	13,141	15,222
40 to 44	12,135	14,083
45 to 49	9,355	10,451
50 to 54	7,668	9,323
55 to 59	4,920	6,128
60 to 64	4,359	6,199
65 to 69	2,162	3,066
70 to 74	1,234	2,225
75 to 79	619	1,019
80 to 84	268	523
85 & up	115	242
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	44,763	44,279
5 to 9	36,011	35,936
10 to 14	30,635	30,952
15 to 19	31,610	32,051
20 to 24	33,519	32,539
25 to 29	28,959	28,294
30 to 34	23,289	23,176
35 to 39	19,302	20,383
40 to 44	16,906	18,549
45 to 49	12,695	14,545
50 to 54	10,719	12,666
55 to 59	7,115	8,930
60 to 64	5,996	8,399
65 to 69	3,209	4,772
70 to 74	1,975	3,266
75 to 79	891	1,587
80 to 84	350	766
85 & up	121	309
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	57,825	57,414
5 to 9	53,448	53,378
10 to 14	49,817	49,923
15 to 19	47,553	48,893
20 to 24	45,173	49,541
25 to 29	43,040	46,820
30 to 34	40,416	41,543
35 to 39	36,419	36,415
40 to 44	30,094	29,896
45 to 49	25,177	25,920
50 to 54	20,676	21,330
55 to 59	15,695	16,302
60 to 64	11,494	12,669
65 to 69	7,887	9,518
70 to 74	4,588	7,348
75 to 79	1,814	3,340
80 to 84	672	1,414
85 & up	223	555
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	49,804	49,167
5 to 9	52,469	51,710
10 to 14	47,436	47,263
15 to 19	48,287	51,764
20 to 24	46,759	51,841
25 to 29	43,244	48,115
30 to 34	38,041	44,369
35 to 39	34,451	40,170
40 to 44	32,114	36,158
45 to 49	30,430	33,663
50 to 54	29,323	30,343
55 to 59	25,987	25,491
60 to 64	19,565	19,547
65 to 69	13,177	14,788
70 to 74	7,929	10,415
75 to 79	3,732	5,634
80 to 84	1,278	2,265
85 & up	12	24
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	50,056	47,783
5 to 9	42,937	41,543
10 to 14	42,011	41,906
15 to 19	36,354	42,733
20 to 24	37,488	42,724
25 to 29	40,763	42,207
30 to 34	35,003	38,733
35 to 39	37,837	41,217
40 to 44	37,895	40,433
45 to 49	35,825	38,229
50 to 54	29,922	35,794
55 to 59	24,425	30,266
60 to 64	20,451	25,940
65 to 69	16,263	20,936
70 to 74	12,563	15,589
75 to 79	7,326	9,700
80 to 84	2,779	4,276
85 & up	14	26
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	51,128	48,642
5 to 9	43,675	41,374
10 to 14	44,732	43,133
15 to 19	38,912	39,543
20 to 24	35,198	38,728
25 to 29	34,296	34,532
30 to 34	32,454	33,116
35 to 39	33,486	34,380
40 to 44	29,828	33,388
45 to 49	32,583	36,153
50 to 54	32,581	35,584
55 to 59	29,418	33,040
60 to 64	22,080	28,991
65 to 69	15,575	22,965
70 to 74	10,616	17,185
75 to 79	6,521	11,233
80 to 84	3,405	5,941
85 & up	21	39
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	39,500	37,214
5 to 9	41,404	39,541
10 to 14	40,513	38,779
15 to 19	37,020	35,997
20 to 24	34,631	34,369
25 to 29	25,641	24,788
30 to 34	22,876	23,650
35 to 39	22,767	24,442
40 to 44	23,952	26,178
45 to 49	26,124	28,317
50 to 54	23,695	27,764
55 to 59	24,791	29,447
60 to 64	22,890	28,010
65 to 69	17,353	24,385
70 to 74	10,415	18,785
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	9,451	21,830

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	19,641	18,773
5 to 9	21,169	20,249
10 to 14	29,014	27,796
15 to 19	33,332	32,866
20 to 24	31,718	31,486
25 to 29	24,315	22,881
30 to 34	20,123	19,428
35 to 39	16,762	16,720
40 to 44	17,347	18,594
45 to 49	18,690	20,425
50 to 54	19,907	21,961
55 to 59	20,695	23,100
60 to 64	17,403	21,560
65 to 69	15,999	21,610
70 to 74	12,269	19,239
75 to 79	7,329	14,693
80 to 84	3,016	8,897
85 & up	1,304	5,310
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	20,233	19,423
5 to 9	19,035	17,936
10 to 14	17,366	16,585
15 to 19	18,137	18,030
20 to 24	24,058	27,248
25 to 29	26,077	28,790
30 to 34	22,867	25,058
35 to 39	18,318	18,483
40 to 44	17,124	17,304
45 to 49	14,884	15,298
50 to 54	15,436	16,910
55 to 59	15,723	17,991
60 to 64	15,454	18,648
65 to 69	14,206	17,878
70 to 74	9,867	15,512
75 to 79	7,240	13,303
80 to 84	3,799	9,463
85 & up	1,693	6,420
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	16,289	15,306
5 to 9	16,817	16,144
10 to 14	17,961	16,778
15 to 19	18,980	19,551
20 to 24	21,824	24,516
25 to 29	21,281	23,758
30 to 34	22,792	25,179
35 to 39	22,515	24,620
40 to 44	20,279	21,591
45 to 49	17,339	17,360
50 to 54	16,054	15,763
55 to 59	13,287	13,895
60 to 64	12,687	14,611
65 to 69	11,561	15,262
70 to 74	9,633	13,832
75 to 79	6,957	11,580
80 to 84	3,701	8,109
85 & up	2,352	7,705
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	16,721	16,252
5 to 9	13,780	13,279
10 to 14	15,038	14,279
15 to 19	19,624	19,734
20 to 24	27,211	29,431
25 to 29	27,272	27,772
30 to 34	23,266	22,873
35 to 39	20,182	19,887
40 to 44	21,164	21,894
45 to 49	20,802	22,697
50 to 54	18,415	19,921
55 to 59	15,512	15,724
60 to 64	14,026	14,324
65 to 69	10,533	11,606
70 to 74	8,640	11,631
75 to 79	6,814	10,532
80 to 84	4,223	7,828
85 & up	2,853	7,505
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,922	14,169
5 to 9	15,212	14,791
10 to 14	15,404	15,064
15 to 19	18,589	18,458
20 to 24	28,367	30,220
25 to 29	28,833	29,925
30 to 34	27,387	27,405
35 to 39	23,271	22,717
40 to 44	18,980	19,218
45 to 49	17,147	17,130
50 to 54	19,113	20,013
55 to 59	19,814	20,767
60 to 64	17,820	18,756
65 to 69	13,840	14,723
70 to 74	10,210	11,516
75 to 79	6,833	8,806
80 to 84	4,146	6,475
85 & up	3,334	6,898
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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Glasgow Council (City) : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up