Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up
Data for 1911 |
Sex |
Age in five-year bands to age 85 |
Male |
Female |
0 to 4 |
153
|
170
|
5 to 9 |
164
|
131
|
10 to 14 |
203
|
174
|
15 to 19 |
154
|
253
|
20 to 24 |
174
|
291
|
25 to 29 |
134
|
255
|
30 to 34 |
132
|
218
|
35 to 39 |
118
|
240
|
40 to 44 |
125
|
186
|
45 to 49 |
95
|
169
|
50 to 54 |
96
|
141
|
55 to 59 |
65
|
106
|
60 to 64 |
49
|
85
|
65 to 69 |
53
|
86
|
70 to 74 |
32
|
65
|
75 to 79 |
23
|
34
|
80 to 84 |
11
|
15
|
85 & up |
4
|
11
|
Data for 1921 |
Sex |
Age in five-year bands to age 85 |
Male |
Female |
0 to 4 |
182
|
183
|
5 to 9 |
204
|
204
|
10 to 14 |
225
|
230
|
15 to 19 |
177
|
304
|
20 to 24 |
186
|
462
|
25 to 29 |
179
|
342
|
30 to 34 |
187
|
339
|
35 to 39 |
198
|
356
|
40 to 44 |
170
|
303
|
45 to 49 |
187
|
305
|
50 to 54 |
160
|
284
|
55 to 59 |
144
|
234
|
60 to 64 |
123
|
208
|
65 to 69 |
93
|
160
|
70 to 74 |
46
|
83
|
75 to 79 |
38
|
65
|
80 to 84 |
16
|
38
|
85 & up |
7
|
15
|
Data for 1931 |
Sex |
Age in five-year bands to age 85 |
Male |
Female |
0 to 4 |
143
|
144
|
5 to 9 |
195
|
164
|
10 to 14 |
172
|
160
|
15 to 19 |
189
|
263
|
20 to 24 |
196
|
334
|
25 to 29 |
207
|
296
|
30 to 34 |
184
|
277
|
35 to 39 |
159
|
243
|
40 to 44 |
149
|
240
|
45 to 49 |
155
|
276
|
50 to 54 |
152
|
247
|
55 to 59 |
158
|
253
|
60 to 64 |
132
|
210
|
65 to 69 |
90
|
164
|
70 to 74 |
82
|
121
|
75 to 79 |
40
|
71
|
80 to 84 |
18
|
36
|
85 & up |
5
|
34
|
Data for 1951 |
Sex |
Age in five-year bands to age 85 |
Male |
Female |
0 to 4 |
300
|
305
|
5 to 9 |
311
|
332
|
10 to 14 |
274
|
280
|
15 to 19 |
202
|
290
|
20 to 24 |
214
|
317
|
25 to 29 |
283
|
354
|
30 to 34 |
251
|
319
|
35 to 39 |
311
|
396
|
40 to 44 |
369
|
447
|
45 to 49 |
334
|
408
|
50 to 54 |
298
|
419
|
55 to 59 |
278
|
404
|
60 to 64 |
222
|
390
|
65 to 69 |
212
|
347
|
70 to 74 |
177
|
274
|
75 to 79 |
132
|
204
|
80 to 84 |
53
|
128
|
85 & up |
25
|
70
|
Data for 1961 |
Sex |
Age in five-year bands to age 85 |
Male |
Female |
0 to 4 |
326
|
337
|
5 to 9 |
326
|
294
|
10 to 14 |
443
|
405
|
15 to 19 |
296
|
393
|
20 to 24 |
281
|
339
|
25 to 29 |
306
|
293
|
30 to 34 |
306
|
336
|
35 to 39 |
326
|
401
|
40 to 44 |
321
|
378
|
45 to 49 |
389
|
465
|
50 to 54 |
432
|
505
|
55 to 59 |
358
|
494
|
60 to 64 |
370
|
551
|
65 to 69 |
309
|
500
|
70 to 74 |
211
|
383
|
75 to 79 |
157
|
273
|
80 to 84 |
83
|
160
|
85 & up |
45
|
89
|
Data for 1971 |
Sex |
Age in five-year bands to age 85 |
Male |
Female |
0 to 4 |
500
|
435
|
5 to 9 |
490
|
495
|
10 to 14 |
435
|
430
|
15 to 19 |
430
|
460
|
20 to 24 |
515
|
520
|
25 to 29 |
410
|
430
|
30 to 34 |
370
|
355
|
35 to 39 |
355
|
385
|
40 to 44 |
390
|
430
|
45 to 49 |
430
|
480
|
50 to 54 |
385
|
470
|
55 to 59 |
475
|
620
|
60 to 64 |
500
|
700
|
65 to 69 |
475
|
700
|
70 to 74 |
320
|
585
|
75 to 79 |
195
|
365
|
80 to 84 |
90
|
230
|
85 & up |
55
|
105
|
Date: |
Source: |
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'
|
1921 |
1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14 ,
'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
|
1931 |
1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 14 ,
'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions'
|
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 |
[ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of
does not appear in SRC_TAB]
|
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nCube definition
The 1939 National Registration tabulated age and gender structure using a
greatly simplified nine-way classification of ages.
The introduction to the report states that this was to aid the
enumerators who were doing much of the analysis before sending the
completed forms to the Registrar General.
Again to simplify the forms, people were asked to state their year of birth
rather than their age. The fractions in the age bands occurred because
"In consequence of these procedure restrictions, the number of groups iden...
tified
... is limited to nine in respect of each sex and being calendar year of birth
groups, they do not correspond with integral years of age owing to the fact that
the enumeration took place at the end of the third quarter of 1939."
The data are for the civilian population only; at this date, the armed
services were almost all male, and under 45.
An estimated 1,010,000 were in the services in Great Britain, of whom 900,000
were in England and Wales.