Administrative unit

North Western RegDiv

Poor Law/Registration Division

Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up

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Data for 1891 Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85 Male Female
0 to 4 285,861 Show data context 290,414 Show data context
5 to 9 268,451 Show data context 271,952 Show data context
10 to 14 258,747 Show data context 263,881 Show data context
15 to 19 236,305 Show data context 249,899 Show data context
20 to 24 207,320 Show data context 235,722 Show data context
25 to 29 186,522 Show data context 208,993 Show data context
30 to 34 165,609 Show data context 177,815 Show data context
35 to 39 147,046 Show data context 154,754 Show data context
40 to 44 123,965 Show data context 132,964 Show data context
45 to 49 102,795 Show data context 112,661 Show data context
50 to 54 87,034 Show data context 98,114 Show data context
55 to 59 60,183 Show data context 70,524 Show data context
60 to 64 50,047 Show data context 60,972 Show data context
65 to 69 32,619 Show data context 41,310 Show data context
70 to 74 20,900 Show data context 27,355 Show data context
75 to 79 9,759 Show data context 13,023 Show data context
80 to 84 3,746 Show data context 5,543 Show data context
85 & up 1,140 Show data context 1,938 Show data context
Date: Source:
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Sanitary Districts'

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Age and sex structure data in the categories used in the 2011 Key Statistics data. Wherever possible, we reorganise age structure data from other years to this same set of categories, and these are the categories we use in our redistricted statistics for modern units.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, North Western RegDiv through time | Population Statistics | Age & Sex Structure to age 85 & up, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 19th May 2025