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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	14,059	13,923
5 to 9	12,795	12,878
10 to 14	11,963	11,702
15 to 19	10,377	10,579
20 to 24	7,574	9,374
25 to 29	6,129	7,777
30 to 34	5,912	6,861
35 to 39	5,492	6,266
40 to 44	5,573	6,125
45 to 49	4,882	5,271
50 to 54	4,479	4,766
55 to 59	3,405	3,638
60 to 64	3,413	3,581
65 to 69	2,473	2,861
70 to 74	1,958	2,350
75 to 79	1,157	1,493
80 to 84	563	770
85 & up	224	393
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	12,924	12,794
5 to 9	12,515	12,360
10 to 14	11,714	11,537
15 to 19	10,210	9,616
20 to 24	7,073	8,299
25 to 29	5,873	7,131
30 to 34	5,208	6,161
35 to 39	5,060	5,820
40 to 44	4,697	5,557
45 to 49	4,160	4,950
50 to 54	4,112	4,835
55 to 59	3,376	4,017
60 to 64	3,425	3,856
65 to 69	2,500	2,928
70 to 74	1,901	2,295
75 to 79	1,180	1,414
80 to 84	634	766
85 & up	262	356
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,920	12,043
5 to 9	11,869	12,185
10 to 14	11,707	11,523
15 to 19	9,767	9,731
20 to 24	6,769	8,600
25 to 29	6,360	7,583
30 to 34	5,687	6,500
35 to 39	5,241	6,022
40 to 44	4,726	5,463
45 to 49	4,439	5,158
50 to 54	3,977	4,743
55 to 59	3,168	3,779
60 to 64	3,128	3,750
65 to 69	2,424	3,066
70 to 74	2,020	2,536
75 to 79	1,233	1,542
80 to 84	543	781
85 & up	225	409
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,805	9,730
5 to 9	10,054	10,026
10 to 14	10,220	10,027
15 to 19	9,739	9,269
20 to 24	7,762	8,791
25 to 29	7,039	8,171
30 to 34	6,624	7,594
35 to 39	6,232	7,030
40 to 44	5,662	6,519
45 to 49	5,395	5,989
50 to 54	4,626	5,146
55 to 59	3,944	4,542
60 to 64	3,180	3,868
65 to 69	2,860	3,462
70 to 74	1,864	2,583
75 to 79	1,080	1,636
80 to 84	573	902
85 & up	282	491
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,431	7,048
5 to 9	8,242	8,296
10 to 14	7,760	7,656
15 to 19	8,144	7,951
20 to 24	7,792	7,954
25 to 29	7,705	7,824
30 to 34	7,169	7,737
35 to 39	6,388	7,457
40 to 44	6,238	7,298
45 to 49	5,987	7,047
50 to 54	5,680	6,613
55 to 59	5,164	5,885
60 to 64	4,364	5,124
65 to 69	3,591	4,355
70 to 74	2,573	3,332
75 to 79	1,490	2,276
80 to 84	679	1,196
85 & up	296	622
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,825	9,397
5 to 9	8,515	8,243
10 to 14	7,198	7,092
15 to 19	7,771	6,988
20 to 24	7,646	7,444
25 to 29	7,842	8,250
30 to 34	7,311	7,463
35 to 39	8,003	8,385
40 to 44	8,231	8,646
45 to 49	7,901	8,243
50 to 54	7,145	7,898
55 to 59	5,986	7,183
60 to 64	5,196	6,729
65 to 69	4,531	5,994
70 to 74	3,552	4,916
75 to 79	2,300	3,499
80 to 84	1,119	1,952
85 & up	483	1,165
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,288	9,055
5 to 9	8,907	8,593
10 to 14	10,366	9,809
15 to 19	9,119	8,261
20 to 24	7,212	6,860
25 to 29	7,342	6,940
30 to 34	7,793	7,545
35 to 39	8,014	8,545
40 to 44	7,459	7,723
45 to 49	8,104	8,598
50 to 54	8,127	8,693
55 to 59	7,519	8,034
60 to 64	6,180	7,554
65 to 69	5,075	6,666
70 to 74	3,750	5,662
75 to 79	2,440	4,141
80 to 84	1,343	2,553
85 & up	656	1,509
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	15,452	14,289
5 to 9	15,937	14,966
10 to 14	15,137	13,817
15 to 19	13,824	12,497
20 to 24	12,410	12,554
25 to 29	11,523	11,538
30 to 34	10,276	10,280
35 to 39	10,432	10,408
40 to 44	11,132	11,167
45 to 49	11,321	12,403
50 to 54	10,493	11,263
55 to 59	11,162	12,555
60 to 64	10,984	13,007
65 to 69	9,819	11,660
70 to 74	6,642	9,537
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	7,128	13,322

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	12,169	11,586
5 to 9	14,239	13,403
10 to 14	16,835	15,738
15 to 19	17,010	15,744
20 to 24	13,349	12,894
25 to 29	12,884	13,036
30 to 34	15,744	15,627
35 to 39	13,554	13,323
40 to 44	11,544	11,530
45 to 49	11,222	11,194
50 to 54	11,727	11,897
55 to 59	11,741	13,325
60 to 64	10,628	12,259
65 to 69	10,906	12,932
70 to 74	9,004	11,716
75 to 79	6,032	8,804
80 to 84	2,872	5,638
85 & up	1,445	4,149
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,555	13,875
5 to 9	13,982	13,052
10 to 14	13,910	13,161
15 to 19	15,054	14,395
20 to 24	14,958	14,673
25 to 29	15,334	15,258
30 to 34	14,804	14,885
35 to 39	14,527	15,056
40 to 44	17,461	17,605
45 to 49	14,834	14,593
50 to 54	12,301	12,485
55 to 59	11,806	12,295
60 to 64	12,275	13,420
65 to 69	12,181	14,312
70 to 74	9,442	12,127
75 to 79	7,781	10,635
80 to 84	4,321	8,030
85 & up	2,373	6,429
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,712	13,549
5 to 9	15,388	14,686
10 to 14	17,221	16,098
15 to 19	15,933	14,511
20 to 24	11,465	10,499
25 to 29	12,617	12,868
30 to 34	16,601	16,957
35 to 39	18,047	18,222
40 to 44	16,543	17,155
45 to 49	15,832	16,890
50 to 54	18,732	19,291
55 to 59	15,661	16,132
60 to 64	13,435	13,598
65 to 69	12,092	12,878
70 to 74	11,093	12,990
75 to 79	8,795	12,131
80 to 84	5,236	8,687
85 & up	3,648	8,973
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	14,528	14,189
5 to 9	14,116	13,371
10 to 14	16,022	15,287
15 to 19	17,279	16,029
20 to 24	14,225	13,810
25 to 29	13,568	12,940
30 to 34	12,501	13,081
35 to 39	14,210	15,621
40 to 44	18,158	19,167
45 to 49	19,412	20,238
50 to 54	18,044	18,433
55 to 59	17,131	17,645
60 to 64	19,375	19,932
65 to 69	15,595	16,530
70 to 74	12,149	13,189
75 to 79	9,664	11,246
80 to 84	7,032	9,646
85 & up	5,387	11,222
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,798	13,260
5 to 9	15,627	14,925
10 to 14	16,650	15,986
15 to 19	15,622	14,296
20 to 24	13,485	12,464
25 to 29	15,223	15,249
30 to 34	16,113	16,960
35 to 39	15,582	15,944
40 to 44	14,848	15,744
45 to 49	16,804	17,861
50 to 54	20,291	21,237
55 to 59	21,124	22,144
60 to 64	18,707	19,828
65 to 69	17,380	18,760
70 to 74	18,632	20,006
75 to 79	13,519	15,050
80 to 84	8,709	10,450
85 & up	7,359	12,058
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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Somerset Unitary Authority (UA) : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up