Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Data for 1851	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,216	7,975
5 to 9	7,961	7,764
10 to 14	7,874	7,356
15 to 19	6,876	6,974
20 to 24	5,746	6,424
25 to 29	4,444	5,476
30 to 34	3,785	4,638
35 to 39	3,547	4,259
40 to 44	3,501	4,190
45 to 49	3,172	3,445
50 to 54	3,127	3,679
55 to 59	2,156	2,522
60 to 64	1,959	2,607
65 to 69	1,469	1,756
70 to 74	1,194	1,518
75 to 79	672	907
80 to 84	400	543
85 & up	238	290
Not stated

Data for 1861	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,189	7,849
5 to 9	7,372	7,177
10 to 14	7,106	6,758
15 to 19	6,931	6,632
20 to 24	5,405	6,235
25 to 29	3,984	5,315
30 to 34	3,491	4,566
35 to 39	3,255	4,119
40 to 44	3,125	3,834
45 to 49	2,892	3,473
50 to 54	2,760	3,447
55 to 59	2,474	2,697
60 to 64	2,372	2,865
65 to 69	1,426	1,888
70 to 74	1,098	1,494
75 to 79	713	876
80 to 84	400	544
85 & up	145	254
Not stated

Data for 1871	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,841	7,481
5 to 9	7,216	7,223
10 to 14	7,024	6,615
15 to 19	6,395	6,043
20 to 24	4,738	5,552
25 to 29	3,899	4,947
30 to 34	3,573	4,440
35 to 39	3,073	4,055
40 to 44	3,001	3,793
45 to 49	2,761	3,404
50 to 54	2,530	3,181
55 to 59	2,294	2,763
60 to 64	2,158	2,749
65 to 69	1,701	2,019
70 to 74	1,409	1,676
75 to 79	660	974
80 to 84	357	562
85 & up	182	261
Not stated

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,717	7,725
5 to 9	7,379	7,186
10 to 14	7,070	6,724
15 to 19	6,739	6,458
20 to 24	5,446	5,844
25 to 29	4,258	4,937
30 to 34	3,571	4,278
35 to 39	3,309	4,117
40 to 44	3,087	3,862
45 to 49	2,552	3,325
50 to 54	2,518	3,167
55 to 59	2,140	2,680
60 to 64	2,039	2,487
65 to 69	1,523	1,977
70 to 74	1,205	1,624
75 to 79	842	1,025
80 to 84	433	622
85 & up	135	281
Not stated

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,373	6,384
5 to 9	6,732	6,541
10 to 14	6,627	6,477
15 to 19	6,318	6,260
20 to 24	4,840	5,427
25 to 29	3,914	4,854
30 to 34	3,623	4,293
35 to 39	3,339	3,959
40 to 44	2,981	3,475
45 to 49	2,769	3,344
50 to 54	2,515	3,080
55 to 59	1,927	2,556
60 to 64	2,019	2,425
65 to 69	1,370	1,890
70 to 74	1,194	1,505
75 to 79	713	1,011
80 to 84	382	556
85 & up	190	322
Not stated

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,832	11,360
5 to 9	11,840	11,530
10 to 14	12,080	11,604
15 to 19	11,756	11,456
20 to 24	9,368	11,112
25 to 29	8,256	10,642
30 to 34	8,002	10,082
35 to 39	7,748	9,428
40 to 44	7,074	8,196
45 to 49	6,570	7,676
50 to 54	5,598	6,654
55 to 59	4,710	5,808
60 to 64	3,816	4,768
65 to 69	3,316	4,184
70 to 74	2,462	3,654
75 to 79	1,346	2,092
80 to 84	680	1,138
85 & up	252	558
Not stated

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,391	4,374
5 to 9	4,762	4,708
10 to 14	4,653	4,391
15 to 19	5,009	5,239
20 to 24	4,973	5,016
25 to 29	4,603	5,005
30 to 34	3,993	4,655
35 to 39	3,470	4,345
40 to 44	3,264	4,107
45 to 49	3,332	4,193
50 to 54	3,326	3,978
55 to 59	3,116	3,719
60 to 64	2,719	3,081
65 to 69	2,108	2,802
70 to 74	1,528	2,159
75 to 79	858	1,371
80 to 84	395	628
85 & up	151	368
Not stated	1	2

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,482	5,315
5 to 9	4,699	4,421
10 to 14	4,360	4,319
15 to 19	4,019	4,254
20 to 24	3,951	4,625
25 to 29	4,458	4,595
30 to 34	3,923	4,081
35 to 39	4,448	4,774
40 to 44	4,590	4,929
45 to 49	4,314	4,748
50 to 54	3,731	4,471
55 to 59	3,122	3,822
60 to 64	2,707	3,636
65 to 69	2,442	3,325
70 to 74	1,981	2,752
75 to 79	1,267	1,938
80 to 84	645	1,007
85 & up	236	587
Not stated	27	28

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	5,026	4,688
5 to 9	4,718	4,434
10 to 14	5,822	5,476
15 to 19	4,439	4,265
20 to 24	3,319	3,718
25 to 29	3,607	3,642
30 to 34	3,765	4,027
35 to 39	4,012	4,177
40 to 44	3,593	3,875
45 to 49	4,186	4,560
50 to 54	4,286	4,708
55 to 59	3,905	4,514
60 to 64	3,190	4,068
65 to 69	2,389	3,385
70 to 74	1,861	2,817
75 to 79	1,363	2,050
80 to 84	737	1,314
85 & up	355	765
Not stated

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,750	4,490
5 to 9	5,155	4,920
10 to 14	5,785	4,935
15 to 19	5,015	4,185
20 to 24	4,250	3,955
25 to 29	3,515	3,485
30 to 34	3,225	3,455
35 to 39	3,400	3,505
40 to 44	3,615	3,985
45 to 49	3,830	4,065
50 to 54	3,465	3,840
55 to 59	3,830	4,350
60 to 64	3,715	4,530
65 to 69	3,220	4,130
70 to 74	2,150	3,315
75 to 79	1,275	2,265
80 to 84	720	1,405
85 & up	400	975
Not stated

Date:	Source:
1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Ages, Table 4 , 'Islands in the British Seas:- Ages of Males and Females enumerated March 31st, 1851'
1861	1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [3] , 'Ages of the Males and Females in the Registration Counties arranged Geographically'
1871	1871 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [2] , 'Ages of the People, distinguishing the Sexes, at every year of life, in each of the Registration Counties'
1881	1891 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [1] , 'Ages of the Males and Females for every Quinquennial Period of Life, for the Divisions, Counties, and Civil Parishes of Scotland'
1891	[ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 20 A, 'Population by Conjugal Conditions and Quinquennial Age-Periods - Of Parishes'
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	1971 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 8 , 'Population by sex, age and marital condition', for 'County, local authority areas'

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