Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	9,478	9,272
5 to 9	8,468	8,285
10 to 14	7,373	7,807
15 to 19	6,684	8,195
20 to 24	5,116	8,167
25 to 29	4,470	7,059
30 to 34	3,724	5,630
35 to 39	3,394	5,039
40 to 44	3,281	4,895
45 to 49	2,614	3,842
50 to 54	2,244	3,436
55 to 59	1,553	2,344
60 to 64	1,309	2,017
65 to 69	783	1,188
70 to 74	530	918
75 to 79	251	446
80 to 84	99	232
85 & up	29	67
Not stated

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,995	8,982
5 to 9	8,753	8,703
10 to 14	8,408	8,594
15 to 19	8,071	9,217
20 to 24	6,101	8,725
25 to 29	5,117	7,575
30 to 34	4,362	6,211
35 to 39	3,910	5,521
40 to 44	3,286	4,893
45 to 49	3,050	4,279
50 to 54	2,632	3,952
55 to 59	1,890	2,716
60 to 64	1,602	2,558
65 to 69	972	1,541
70 to 74	560	1,013
75 to 79	313	522
80 to 84	127	270
85 & up	49	117
Not stated

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4
5 to 9	8,077	8,262
10 to 14	7,049	7,074
15 to 19	7,282	8,114
20 to 24	6,950	8,543
25 to 29	6,440	7,893
30 to 34	5,498	7,446
35 to 39	5,001	6,591
40 to 44	4,403	6,182
45 to 49	4,241	5,878
50 to 54	4,193	5,586
55 to 59	3,941	5,175
60 to 64	3,206	4,359
65 to 69	2,370	3,375
70 to 74	1,417	2,524
75 to 79	730	1,473
80 to 84	271	621
85 & up
Not stated	0	1

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4
5 to 9	6,648	6,362
10 to 14	6,686	6,432
15 to 19	5,698	6,841
20 to 24	5,736	6,748
25 to 29	6,517	7,019
30 to 34	5,344	6,013
35 to 39	5,711	6,641
40 to 44	5,985	6,920
45 to 49	5,714	6,690
50 to 54	4,637	6,393
55 to 59	3,913	5,494
60 to 64	3,143	4,864
65 to 69	2,682	4,191
70 to 74	2,083	3,327
75 to 79	1,357	2,416
80 to 84	532	1,136
85 & up
Not stated	3	1

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	8,793	8,245
5 to 9	7,560	7,280
10 to 14	8,244	7,817
15 to 19	6,158	6,385
20 to 24	5,432	6,163
25 to 29	5,741	6,097
30 to 34	5,713	5,912
35 to 39	5,943	6,390
40 to 44	5,114	5,634
45 to 49	5,487	6,361
50 to 54	5,604	6,535
55 to 59	5,023	6,134
60 to 64	3,717	5,634
65 to 69	2,741	4,657
70 to 74	1,932	3,578
75 to 79	1,315	2,519
80 to 84	661	1,395
85 & up	300	764
Not stated

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	7,460	7,190
5 to 9	8,165	7,890
10 to 14	8,165	7,585
15 to 19	7,020	6,995
20 to 24	7,415	7,320
25 to 29	5,055	5,080
30 to 34	4,860	5,100
35 to 39	5,065	5,460
40 to 44	5,325	5,540
45 to 49	5,555	6,005
50 to 54	4,660	5,265
55 to 59	4,870	5,715
60 to 64	4,560	5,840
65 to 69	3,610	5,170
70 to 74	2,185	4,270
75 to 79	1,245	2,905
80 to 84	625	1,700
85 & up	325	1,010
Not stated

Date:	Source:
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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