Vision of Britain | 1871 Census: Ages

1871 Census of Scotland, Population of Scotland with Report: Ages, Education, Civil Condition, Birthplaces, Occupations, Table [2] : " Ages of the People, distinguishing the Sexes, at every year of life, in each of the Registration Counties".

List for top level	Shetland	List for Scotland Dep

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	[Gender]	Both Sexes. [1]	TOTAL AT ALL AGES. [2]	Under					Under 5 Years. [8]	5-- [9]	10-- [10]	15-- [11]	20-- [12]	25-- [13]	30-- [14]	35-- [15]	40-- [16]	45-- [17]	50-- [18]	55-- [19]	60-- [20]	65-- [21]	70-- [22]	75-- [23]	80-- [24]	85-- [25]	90-- [26]	95-- [27]	100-- [28]	105 and above [29]
	[Gender]	Both Sexes. [1]	TOTAL AT ALL AGES. [2]	1 Yr. [3]	2 [4]	3 [5]	4 [6]	5 [7]	Under 5 Years. [8]	5-- [9]	10-- [10]	15-- [11]	20-- [12]	25-- [13]	30-- [14]	35-- [15]	40-- [16]	45-- [17]	50-- [18]	55-- [19]	60-- [20]	65-- [21]	70-- [22]	75-- [23]	80-- [24]	85-- [25]	90-- [26]	95-- [27]	100-- [28]	105 and above [29]
Shetland ScoCnty Total	M.	31,608	13,103	371	348	320	415	384	1,838	1,869	1,827	1,331	681	594	638	596	588	481	467	456	497	406	403	250	120	45	15	1	0	0
	F.	-	18,505	338	338	314	365	329	1,684	1,717	1,729	1,593	1,399	1,357	1,186	1,315	1,103	1,020	947	821	723	582	586	377	236	94	30	4	2	0

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This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.