Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Data for 1851	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	4,593	4,577
5 to 9	4,026	3,868
10 to 14	3,724	3,723
15 to 19	3,402	3,898
20 to 24	2,679	4,070
25 to 29	2,299	3,537
30 to 34	2,035	2,936
35 to 39	1,764	2,558
40 to 44	1,709	2,353
45 to 49	1,448	1,939
50 to 54	1,174	1,834
55 to 59	841	1,297
60 to 64	719	1,284
65 to 69	537	926
70 to 74	429	696
75 to 79	205	377
80 to 84	112	239
85 & up	50	115
Not stated

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,281	7,195
5 to 9	6,224	6,154
10 to 14	5,659	5,593
15 to 19	5,270	5,728
20 to 24	4,302	5,504
25 to 29	3,657	4,521
30 to 34	3,000	3,793
35 to 39	2,526	3,262
40 to 44	2,339	2,910
45 to 49	1,864	2,574
50 to 54	1,657	2,414
55 to 59	1,322	1,964
60 to 64	1,194	1,847
65 to 69	881	1,288
70 to 74	619	1,052
75 to 79	320	652
80 to 84	120	339
85 & up	47	117
Not stated

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,036	7,312
5 to 9	7,399	7,135
10 to 14	7,125	6,898
15 to 19	6,791	7,468
20 to 24	5,045	6,908
25 to 29	3,933	5,439
30 to 34	3,466	4,350
35 to 39	3,225	3,955
40 to 44	2,840	3,406
45 to 49	2,418	3,067
50 to 54	2,072	2,771
55 to 59	1,539	2,267
60 to 64	1,366	2,200
65 to 69	980	1,547
70 to 74	692	1,264
75 to 79	390	767
80 to 84	180	415
85 & up	73	204
Not stated

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4
5 to 9	7,485	7,720
10 to 14	6,814	6,788
15 to 19	7,244	8,291
20 to 24	7,118	8,541
25 to 29	6,384	7,803
30 to 34	5,735	6,875
35 to 39	4,982	6,083
40 to 44	4,382	5,429
45 to 49	3,998	5,204
50 to 54	4,018	5,113
55 to 59	3,720	4,421
60 to 64	2,941	3,723
65 to 69	2,192	2,993
70 to 74	1,414	2,123
75 to 79	719	1,304
80 to 84	323	649
85 & up
Not stated	15	0

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4
5 to 9	6,316	6,267
10 to 14	6,709	6,558
15 to 19	5,954	7,488
20 to 24	5,972	7,532
25 to 29	6,303	7,290
30 to 34	5,784	6,406
35 to 39	6,086	7,101
40 to 44	6,425	7,298
45 to 49	6,020	7,158
50 to 54	5,165	6,446
55 to 59	4,117	5,513
60 to 64	3,317	4,675
65 to 69	2,656	4,067
70 to 74	2,115	3,309
75 to 79	1,404	2,204
80 to 84	597	1,100
85 & up
Not stated	6	9

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,837	7,488
5 to 9	7,228	6,893
10 to 14	8,055	7,775
15 to 19	6,035	6,989
20 to 24	5,377	6,704
25 to 29	5,634	6,257
30 to 34	5,627	6,170
35 to 39	5,663	6,542
40 to 44	5,336	5,968
45 to 49	5,650	6,697
50 to 54	5,917	6,922
55 to 59	5,332	6,656
60 to 64	4,267	5,885
65 to 69	3,020	4,738
70 to 74	2,040	3,577
75 to 79	1,322	2,537
80 to 84	712	1,509
85 & up	303	728
Not stated

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	6,490	6,130
5 to 9	7,055	6,690
10 to 14	7,150	6,775
15 to 19	7,340	8,165
20 to 24	8,400	8,645
25 to 29	4,885	4,985
30 to 34	4,420	4,790
35 to 39	4,835	5,370
40 to 44	5,105	5,670
45 to 49	5,295	6,070
50 to 54	4,820	5,530
55 to 59	4,950	6,110
60 to 64	4,875	6,130
65 to 69	3,950	5,715
70 to 74	2,615	4,560
75 to 79	1,430	3,120
80 to 84	700	1,810
85 & up	370	1,125
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'
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]
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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