Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Data for 1851	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	580	531
5 to 9	494	530
10 to 14	514	452
15 to 19	551	553
20 to 24	408	495
25 to 29	351	435
30 to 34	300	361
35 to 39	243	294
40 to 44	237	263
45 to 49	185	240
50 to 54	217	256
55 to 59	144	182
60 to 64	133	228
65 to 69	119	143
70 to 74	100	147
75 to 79	64	78
80 to 84	39	51
85 & up	16	22
Not stated

Data for 1861	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	500	434
5 to 9	475	443
10 to 14	454	449
15 to 19	443	459
20 to 24	339	373
25 to 29	264	298
30 to 34	224	317
35 to 39	202	268
40 to 44	214	261
45 to 49	176	234
50 to 54	175	194
55 to 59	141	138
60 to 64	129	163
65 to 69	81	105
70 to 74	69	108
75 to 79	46	63
80 to 84	29	38
85 & up	13	24
Not stated

Data for 1871	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	469	509
5 to 9	479	495
10 to 14	456	408
15 to 19	474	453
20 to 24	333	376
25 to 29	245	318
30 to 34	189	284
35 to 39	195	235
40 to 44	226	272
45 to 49	159	221
50 to 54	198	202
55 to 59	120	183
60 to 64	127	177
65 to 69	105	110
70 to 74	76	98
75 to 79	44	56
80 to 84	19	41
85 & up	11	9
Not stated

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	517	530
5 to 9	516	484
10 to 14	480	487
15 to 19	514	496
20 to 24	379	396
25 to 29	277	327
30 to 34	221	246
35 to 39	197	271
40 to 44	189	251
45 to 49	201	201
50 to 54	180	237
55 to 59	133	170
60 to 64	156	211
65 to 69	74	119
70 to 74	80	116
75 to 79	57	59
80 to 84	20	34
85 & up	10	11
Not stated

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	481	478
5 to 9	521	518
10 to 14	521	514
15 to 19	519	491
20 to 24	333	413
25 to 29	289	352
30 to 34	213	295
35 to 39	237	296
40 to 44	197	240
45 to 49	183	252
50 to 54	180	238
55 to 59	148	158
60 to 64	156	209
65 to 69	102	148
70 to 74	100	132
75 to 79	49	80
80 to 84	35	45
85 & up	20	12
Not stated

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	818	904
5 to 9	1,056	878
10 to 14	938	952
15 to 19	892	902
20 to 24	612	826
25 to 29	554	704
30 to 34	590	758
35 to 39	544	708
40 to 44	502	606
45 to 49	528	516
50 to 54	404	478
55 to 59	358	432
60 to 64	288	380
65 to 69	220	298
70 to 74	178	302
75 to 79	98	184
80 to 84	56	96
85 & up	24	54
Not stated

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	336	319
5 to 9	383	340
10 to 14	345	338
15 to 19	381	351
20 to 24	296	332
25 to 29	302	299
30 to 34	233	282
35 to 39	192	297
40 to 44	207	273
45 to 49	190	267
50 to 54	232	270
55 to 59	206	265
60 to 64	178	188
65 to 69	173	205
70 to 74	116	155
75 to 79	85	113
80 to 84	41	64
85 & up	13	27
Not stated	0	0

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	392	394
5 to 9	342	346
10 to 14	344	353
15 to 19	257	311
20 to 24	265	257
25 to 29	282	298
30 to 34	223	264
35 to 39	285	318
40 to 44	305	351
45 to 49	292	257
50 to 54	233	270
55 to 59	194	293
60 to 64	183	265
65 to 69	144	247
70 to 74	156	185
75 to 79	103	129
80 to 84	35	70
85 & up	22	52
Not stated	0	2

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	347	330
5 to 9	347	320
10 to 14	397	355
15 to 19	280	268
20 to 24	202	254
25 to 29	231	240
30 to 34	239	240
35 to 39	266	274
40 to 44	190	266
45 to 49	255	294
50 to 54	263	331
55 to 59	274	265
60 to 64	193	248
65 to 69	179	250
70 to 74	141	205
75 to 79	91	157
80 to 84	64	96
85 & up	25	46
Not stated

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	360	325
5 to 9	370	330
10 to 14	315	290
15 to 19	825	260
20 to 24	1,325	255
25 to 29	705	210
30 to 34	500	235
35 to 39	470	240
40 to 44	330	230
45 to 49	255	240
50 to 54	175	250
55 to 59	245	305
60 to 64	250	325
65 to 69	235	240
70 to 74	150	235
75 to 79	95	190
80 to 84	55	105
85 & up	35	90
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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