Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Data for 1851	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,076	5,731
5 to 9	5,550	5,442
10 to 14	5,035	4,788
15 to 19	4,427	4,355
20 to 24	3,850	4,043
25 to 29	3,088	3,477
30 to 34	2,712	2,920
35 to 39	2,263	2,643
40 to 44	2,180	2,389
45 to 49	1,746	1,901
50 to 54	1,644	1,727
55 to 59	1,079	1,247
60 to 64	934	1,194
65 to 69	657	839
70 to 74	475	634
75 to 79	303	351
80 to 84	152	208
85 & up	63	114
Not stated

Data for 1861	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,501	6,383
5 to 9	5,761	5,454
10 to 14	5,070	4,690
15 to 19	4,745	4,308
20 to 24	3,739	3,865
25 to 29	2,803	3,202
30 to 34	2,650	2,877
35 to 39	2,321	2,578
40 to 44	2,241	2,468
45 to 49	1,843	1,967
50 to 54	1,666	1,861
55 to 59	1,262	1,393
60 to 64	1,123	1,406
65 to 69	665	811
70 to 74	460	626
75 to 79	295	395
80 to 84	133	240
85 & up	60	113
Not stated

Data for 1871	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,848	6,855
5 to 9	6,233	6,005
10 to 14	5,623	5,317
15 to 19	4,856	4,157
20 to 24	3,717	3,678
25 to 29	3,191	3,441
30 to 34	2,784	3,003
35 to 39	2,368	2,709
40 to 44	2,300	2,455
45 to 49	1,956	2,102
50 to 54	1,785	1,983
55 to 59	1,329	1,467
60 to 64	1,235	1,426
65 to 69	842	1,010
70 to 74	618	792
75 to 79	290	402
80 to 84	156	229
85 & up	62	121
Not stated

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,292	8,077
5 to 9	7,155	6,788
10 to 14	6,298	5,894
15 to 19	5,577	4,808
20 to 24	4,687	4,500
25 to 29	4,019	3,800
30 to 34	3,252	3,299
35 to 39	2,974	3,141
40 to 44	2,699	2,747
45 to 49	2,065	2,307
50 to 54	1,905	1,923
55 to 59	1,422	1,604
60 to 64	1,274	1,538
65 to 69	874	1,041
70 to 74	632	848
75 to 79	340	511
80 to 84	176	261
85 & up	47	108
Not stated

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,916	7,772
5 to 9	7,408	7,318
10 to 14	7,090	6,876
15 to 19	6,485	5,418
20 to 24	5,472	5,007
25 to 29	4,589	4,614
30 to 34	4,058	3,893
35 to 39	3,490	3,278
40 to 44	2,956	2,898
45 to 49	2,603	2,690
50 to 54	2,236	2,354
55 to 59	1,617	1,775
60 to 64	1,398	1,544
65 to 69	903	1,186
70 to 74	635	968
75 to 79	399	534
80 to 84	152	283
85 & up	71	135
Not stated

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	20,352	19,840
5 to 9	19,366	19,154
10 to 14	17,820	17,238
15 to 19	16,552	14,720
20 to 24	14,120	12,926
25 to 29	13,104	12,594
30 to 34	12,810	11,680
35 to 39	11,574	10,142
40 to 44	9,380	8,674
45 to 49	8,028	7,588
50 to 54	6,538	6,128
55 to 59	5,108	4,796
60 to 64	3,778	3,912
65 to 69	2,794	3,234
70 to 74	1,912	2,452
75 to 79	922	1,274
80 to 84	326	670
85 & up	160	280
Not stated

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,718	7,519
5 to 9	8,065	7,947
10 to 14	7,683	7,492
15 to 19	8,227	7,300
20 to 24	7,999	7,261
25 to 29	7,308	7,010
30 to 34	5,992	6,254
35 to 39	5,022	5,616
40 to 44	4,670	4,866
45 to 49	4,574	4,782
50 to 54	4,535	4,384
55 to 59	4,108	3,577
60 to 64	3,142	2,908
65 to 69	2,212	2,356
70 to 74	1,463	1,680
75 to 79	723	1,008
80 to 84	304	463
85 & up	74	195
Not stated	6	4

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,308	8,614
5 to 9	7,432	7,206
10 to 14	7,238	7,080
15 to 19	6,515	6,984
20 to 24	6,498	7,174
25 to 29	7,142	7,356
30 to 34	6,458	6,830
35 to 39	6,875	7,022
40 to 44	7,181	7,031
45 to 49	6,683	6,482
50 to 54	5,389	5,776
55 to 59	4,138	4,843
60 to 64	3,424	3,978
65 to 69	2,990	3,534
70 to 74	2,457	2,688
75 to 79	1,495	1,614
80 to 84	613	816
85 & up	205	385
Not stated	29	44

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,883	8,334
5 to 9	8,023	7,601
10 to 14	8,924	8,305
15 to 19	7,416	6,908
20 to 24	6,008	6,568
25 to 29	6,295	6,425
30 to 34	6,313	6,525
35 to 39	6,677	6,885
40 to 44	6,207	6,564
45 to 49	6,456	6,670
50 to 54	6,659	6,615
55 to 59	5,867	5,993
60 to 64	4,313	5,021
65 to 69	2,924	3,986
70 to 74	2,092	2,917
75 to 79	1,475	2,138
80 to 84	816	1,209
85 & up	342	522
Not stated

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,155	8,825
5 to 9	9,795	9,195
10 to 14	8,930	8,590
15 to 19	8,275	7,665
20 to 24	7,860	7,615
25 to 29	6,440	6,490
30 to 34	6,285	6,440
35 to 39	6,315	6,430
40 to 44	6,250	6,410
45 to 49	6,530	6,800
50 to 54	5,825	6,210
55 to 59	5,745	6,260
60 to 64	5,490	6,050
65 to 69	4,240	5,150
70 to 74	2,545	3,870
75 to 79	1,400	2,515
80 to 84	705	1,420
85 & up	375	870
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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