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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	4,665	4,583
5 to 9	3,736	3,690
10 to 14	3,328	3,211
15 to 19	3,164	2,992
20 to 24	3,764	3,414
25 to 29	3,124	3,170
30 to 34	2,652	2,715
35 to 39	2,123	2,315
40 to 44	1,947	2,008
45 to 49	1,446	1,522
50 to 54	1,124	1,234
55 to 59	741	891
60 to 64	648	839
65 to 69	426	564
70 to 74	392	402
75 to 79	239	248
80 to 84	157	116
85 & up	53	57
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,215	10,335
5 to 9	9,140	8,993
10 to 14	8,323	8,257
15 to 19	6,840	8,782
20 to 24	6,118	8,833
25 to 29	5,521	7,373
30 to 34	4,868	6,229
35 to 39	4,389	5,356
40 to 44	3,998	4,595
45 to 49	3,024	3,641
50 to 54	2,627	3,244
55 to 59	1,903	2,333
60 to 64	1,655	2,205
65 to 69	1,035	1,504
70 to 74	703	1,135
75 to 79	381	612
80 to 84	162	314
85 & up	65	130
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,815	11,024
5 to 9	10,408	10,485
10 to 14	9,710	9,867
15 to 19	7,937	10,597
20 to 24	6,948	10,321
25 to 29	6,576	8,917
30 to 34	6,069	7,517
35 to 39	5,244	6,271
40 to 44	4,457	5,393
45 to 49	3,870	4,634
50 to 54	3,178	3,846
55 to 59	2,256	2,826
60 to 64	1,874	2,547
65 to 69	1,330	1,840
70 to 74	958	1,455
75 to 79	492	832
80 to 84	224	415
85 & up	78	184
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	15,098	14,828
5 to 9	14,226	14,006
10 to 14	12,903	13,024
15 to 19	11,554	13,253
20 to 24	10,330	13,653
25 to 29	11,062	13,675
30 to 34	10,949	12,925
35 to 39	9,927	11,462
40 to 44	8,530	9,802
45 to 49	7,196	8,219
50 to 54	5,791	6,701
55 to 59	4,405	5,314
60 to 64	3,521	4,440
65 to 69	2,664	3,513
70 to 74	1,776	2,571
75 to 79	883	1,520
80 to 84	419	760
85 & up	152	353
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,958	11,814
5 to 9	13,824	13,558
10 to 14	13,217	13,052
15 to 19	13,938	14,625
20 to 24	13,682	15,526
25 to 29	13,561	14,962
30 to 34	11,849	14,160
35 to 39	10,956	13,401
40 to 44	10,668	12,513
45 to 49	9,873	11,692
50 to 54	9,221	10,553
55 to 59	7,841	8,836
60 to 64	5,989	7,079
65 to 69	4,228	5,529
70 to 74	2,763	4,109
75 to 79	1,497	2,589
80 to 84	617	1,368
85 & up	246	656
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	13,866	13,252
5 to 9	10,949	10,503
10 to 14	8,912	8,868
15 to 19	6,999	8,675
20 to 24	9,090	10,576
25 to 29	12,158	12,943
30 to 34	11,681	11,982
35 to 39	12,137	12,297
40 to 44	11,571	11,699
45 to 49	10,441	10,839
50 to 54	8,510	10,370
55 to 59	7,576	9,615
60 to 64	6,678	8,457
65 to 69	5,250	7,394
70 to 74	3,865	5,614
75 to 79	2,398	3,773
80 to 84	1,062	2,003
85 & up	415	956
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,522	10,268
5 to 9	9,141	8,870
10 to 14	11,379	11,150
15 to 19	10,068	10,172
20 to 24	9,644	10,187
25 to 29	9,498	8,878
30 to 34	9,010	9,067
35 to 39	9,905	10,535
40 to 44	9,602	10,156
45 to 49	10,619	11,197
50 to 54	10,297	10,612
55 to 59	9,118	9,784
60 to 64	6,716	8,561
65 to 69	5,039	7,454
70 to 74	3,757	6,135
75 to 79	2,416	4,581
80 to 84	1,351	2,712
85 & up	603	1,476
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	10,369	9,967
5 to 9	10,956	10,748
10 to 14	9,580	9,233
15 to 19	8,705	8,811
20 to 24	10,531	10,517
25 to 29	8,170	8,315
30 to 34	7,482	7,533
35 to 39	7,024	7,028
40 to 44	7,272	7,802
45 to 49	8,115	8,861
50 to 54	7,791	8,414
55 to 59	8,247	8,982
60 to 64	7,535	8,214
65 to 69	5,564	7,098
70 to 74	3,324	5,719
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	3,509	8,793

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,556	6,255
5 to 9	6,328	6,224
10 to 14	8,661	8,415
15 to 19	10,110	10,084
20 to 24	10,165	10,644
25 to 29	8,804	8,530
30 to 34	7,912	7,974
35 to 39	6,296	6,483
40 to 44	6,130	6,422
45 to 49	5,950	6,189
50 to 54	6,456	6,896
55 to 59	6,802	7,385
60 to 64	6,073	6,665
65 to 69	5,465	6,678
70 to 74	4,256	5,832
75 to 79	2,559	4,627
80 to 84	1,111	2,961
85 & up	541	2,230
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,672	8,649
5 to 9	7,364	7,039
10 to 14	6,220	6,027
15 to 19	6,017	6,138
20 to 24	9,421	11,144
25 to 29	12,683	14,336
30 to 34	10,244	10,938
35 to 39	7,569	7,784
40 to 44	6,713	7,100
45 to 49	5,491	5,776
50 to 54	5,347	5,798
55 to 59	5,261	5,214
60 to 64	5,043	5,492
65 to 69	4,526	5,283
70 to 74	3,549	4,727
75 to 79	2,703	4,503
80 to 84	1,608	3,200
85 & up	710	2,583
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,158	8,593
5 to 9	8,374	8,194
10 to 14	7,550	7,713
15 to 19	7,526	6,889
20 to 24	8,870	9,820
25 to 29	11,402	12,309
30 to 34	13,227	13,622
35 to 39	11,977	12,664
40 to 44	9,197	9,601
45 to 49	6,938	6,982
50 to 54	5,982	6,475
55 to 59	4,554	5,073
60 to 64	4,263	4,528
65 to 69	3,457	4,029
70 to 74	2,906	3,822
75 to 79	2,285	3,355
80 to 84	1,465	2,548
85 & up	980	2,549
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	11,367	10,637
5 to 9	8,538	8,127
10 to 14	7,689	7,579
15 to 19	7,958	8,169
20 to 24	10,129	10,754
25 to 29	12,934	13,531
30 to 34	14,575	14,088
35 to 39	11,956	12,257
40 to 44	10,936	10,983
45 to 49	9,834	10,647
50 to 54	7,596	8,154
55 to 59	5,442	6,081
60 to 64	4,829	4,960
65 to 69	3,464	3,820
70 to 74	2,869	3,488
75 to 79	2,241	2,872
80 to 84	1,524	2,376
85 & up	1,076	2,405
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,741	9,433
5 to 9	9,344	8,824
10 to 14	8,807	8,773
15 to 19	7,847	7,844
20 to 24	8,785	10,042
25 to 29	12,618	14,973
30 to 34	14,216	16,599
35 to 39	12,966	14,536
40 to 44	11,204	12,535
45 to 49	10,063	10,735
50 to 54	9,573	10,460
55 to 59	8,583	10,040
60 to 64	6,440	7,029
65 to 69	4,228	4,723
70 to 74	3,231	3,837
75 to 79	2,225	2,846
80 to 84	1,568	2,368
85 & up	1,270	2,301
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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Lewisham District :Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

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Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up