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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	26,690	26,739
5 to 9	21,672	22,076
10 to 14	18,987	18,682
15 to 19	17,236	17,957
20 to 24	17,234	19,215
25 to 29	14,684	16,169
30 to 34	13,350	13,701
35 to 39	11,020	11,393
40 to 44	10,082	10,344
45 to 49	7,862	7,974
50 to 54	6,242	6,530
55 to 59	4,372	4,644
60 to 64	3,623	4,077
65 to 69	2,145	2,542
70 to 74	1,384	1,751
75 to 79	629	894
80 to 84	260	413
85 & up	85	182
75 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	38,410	39,156
5 to 9	32,734	33,547
10 to 14	28,208	29,082
15 to 19	26,056	27,679
20 to 24	22,900	26,504
25 to 29	21,014	23,030
30 to 34	17,923	18,888
35 to 39	15,257	16,346
40 to 44	13,910	15,007
45 to 49	10,941	11,819
50 to 54	9,227	10,219
55 to 59	6,659	7,435
60 to 64	5,517	6,581
65 to 69	3,522	4,250
70 to 74	2,169	2,785
75 to 79	1,048	1,479
80 to 84	458	640
85 & up	143	248
75 & up

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	37,100	38,179
5 to 9	35,816	36,827
10 to 14	35,085	35,971
15 to 19	31,137	33,879
20 to 24	26,671	31,212
25 to 29	24,104	26,703
30 to 34	20,909	22,707
35 to 39	18,660	19,509
40 to 44	15,839	16,596
45 to 49	12,899	13,941
50 to 54	11,004	12,290
55 to 59	7,855	8,981
60 to 64	6,379	7,574
65 to 69	4,224	5,254
70 to 74	2,760	3,732
75 to 79	1,401	1,968
80 to 84	505	912
85 & up	181	310
75 & up

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	46,963	46,662
5 to 9	44,396	44,250
10 to 14	40,996	41,839
15 to 19	36,679	41,762
20 to 24	33,609	42,139
25 to 29	34,659	40,918
30 to 34	34,666	37,885
35 to 39	30,768	32,996
40 to 44	25,620	27,289
45 to 49	21,140	22,446
50 to 54	16,453	18,377
55 to 59	12,919	14,380
60 to 64	9,860	11,400
65 to 69	7,090	9,005
70 to 74	4,335	6,183
75 to 79	2,175	3,351
80 to 84	867	1,574
85 & up	306	592
75 & up

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	41,119	40,098
5 to 9	43,268	43,340
10 to 14	42,528	42,209
15 to 19	44,500	47,890
20 to 24	44,582	49,879
25 to 29	43,529	47,152
30 to 34	37,777	44,072
35 to 39	32,988	39,979
40 to 44	31,150	36,618
45 to 49	29,648	34,614
50 to 54	28,261	32,411
55 to 59	24,450	26,683
60 to 64	18,584	20,877
65 to 69	12,670	15,412
70 to 74	7,688	10,757
75 to 79	3,953	6,183
80 to 84	1,504	2,811
85 & up	498	1,274
75 & up

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	52,403	50,094
5 to 9	47,108	45,715
10 to 14	38,515	37,506
15 to 19	29,157	36,853
20 to 24	38,190	41,621
25 to 29	45,734	46,694
30 to 34	43,806	44,346
35 to 39	46,697	45,371
40 to 44	44,529	44,042
45 to 49	40,190	40,972
50 to 54	33,398	38,298
55 to 59	26,508	32,793
60 to 64	21,861	28,439
65 to 69	17,270	24,310
70 to 74	12,875	19,816
75 to 79	7,936	12,428
80 to 84	3,390	6,148
85 & up	1,100	2,760
75 & up

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	48,345	45,355
5 to 9	42,485	40,293
10 to 14	49,338	47,165
15 to 19	45,243	45,027
20 to 24	40,596	38,959
25 to 29	39,208	34,599
30 to 34	39,773	35,955
35 to 39	41,843	41,260
40 to 44	40,692	40,575
45 to 49	42,842	41,538
50 to 54	40,347	40,307
55 to 59	34,374	36,453
60 to 64	26,038	32,402
65 to 69	17,720	26,304
70 to 74	12,181	20,509
75 to 79	7,492	14,767
80 to 84	3,952	8,880
85 & up	1,610	4,313
75 & up

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	44,917	42,825
5 to 9	47,330	45,153
10 to 14	44,282	40,815
15 to 19	41,701	38,219
20 to 24	42,624	39,223
25 to 29	33,708	31,182
30 to 34	30,032	27,923
35 to 39	30,177	28,268
40 to 44	32,989	31,212
45 to 49	35,011	35,432
50 to 54	33,497	34,549
55 to 59	33,978	34,218
60 to 64	29,325	31,865
65 to 69	21,376	27,204
70 to 74	12,805	21,872
75 to 79
80 to 84
85 & up
75 & up	12,194	28,685

Data for 1981	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	33,113	31,664
5 to 9	34,892	32,476
10 to 14	42,987	40,422
15 to 19	45,193	43,606
20 to 24	41,538	40,517
25 to 29	35,693	33,817
30 to 34	33,733	32,515
35 to 39	28,547	27,619
40 to 44	26,841	26,253
45 to 49	27,319	26,298
50 to 54	29,418	28,417
55 to 59	29,843	31,051
60 to 64	26,647	29,071
65 to 69	23,326	27,197
70 to 74	17,028	23,794
75 to 79	10,228	18,172
80 to 84	4,390	11,453
85 & up	1,966	7,384
75 & up

Data for 1991	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	38,195	36,232
5 to 9	35,957	34,293
10 to 14	32,295	30,702
15 to 19	32,641	31,320
20 to 24	37,719	40,584
25 to 29	38,242	41,908
30 to 34	33,833	35,136
35 to 39	29,865	29,898
40 to 44	29,576	29,656
45 to 49	25,919	25,488
50 to 54	24,089	23,925
55 to 59	23,876	23,721
60 to 64	24,161	24,403
65 to 69	21,631	25,452
70 to 74	16,802	22,610
75 to 79	12,162	19,226
80 to 84	6,449	13,553
85 & up	3,107	9,959
75 & up

Data for 2001	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	35,887	34,051
5 to 9	36,041	34,595
10 to 14	37,500	36,653
15 to 19	36,732	35,799
20 to 24	35,639	38,728
25 to 29	33,287	35,206
30 to 34	36,381	38,340
35 to 39	34,446	36,839
40 to 44	30,928	31,449
45 to 49	27,091	27,904
50 to 54	26,837	27,205
55 to 59	22,635	22,990
60 to 64	20,719	21,532
65 to 69	18,297	19,932
70 to 74	16,185	19,379
75 to 79	12,507	17,649
80 to 84	7,747	13,183
85 & up	4,506	12,565
75 & up

Data for 2011	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	42,310	39,591
5 to 9	38,208	36,152
10 to 14	37,897	35,762
15 to 19	40,111	40,167
20 to 24	45,505	48,409
25 to 29	42,763	42,838
30 to 34	39,170	39,999
35 to 39	35,788	35,617
40 to 44	35,594	36,490
45 to 49	33,530	34,579
50 to 54	28,379	29,319
55 to 59	25,344	24,875
60 to 64	22,725	23,710
65 to 69	18,098	19,445
70 to 74	15,051	17,508
75 to 79	12,507	15,395
80 to 84	8,755	12,386
85 & up	6,071	12,997
75 & up

Data for 2021	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	38,055	37,030
5 to 9	41,642	39,563
10 to 14	42,681	40,358
15 to 19	43,161	43,259
20 to 24	45,433	47,773
25 to 29	40,322	42,250
30 to 34	40,367	44,376
35 to 39	38,473	42,192
40 to 44	35,827	38,157
45 to 49	34,066	34,027
50 to 54	35,115	34,893
55 to 59	30,797	31,869
60 to 64	26,345	26,301
65 to 69	20,883	21,659
70 to 74	17,561	19,815
75 to 79	12,920	15,153
80 to 84	8,962	11,976
85 & up	7,781	13,779
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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Birmingham District : Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up