Data for 1851	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	35,905	35,250
5 to 9	30,394	29,768
10 to 14	28,210	27,405
15 to 19	28,032	29,594
20 to 24	28,456	31,562
25 to 29	23,439	25,987
30 to 34	19,455	20,981
35 to 39	15,270	16,418
40 to 44	13,888	14,924
45 to 49	9,691	10,419
50 to 54	8,567	10,150
55 to 59	5,198	6,174
60 to 64	4,504	6,056
65 to 69	2,634	3,468
70 to 74	1,832	2,611
75 to 79	957	1,335
80 to 84	471	698
85 & up	157	309
Not stated

Data for 1861	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	47,918	46,689
5 to 9	37,417	37,217
10 to 14	32,375	30,863
15 to 19	31,927	33,156
20 to 24	31,142	35,334
25 to 29	25,381	30,725
30 to 34	22,428	25,507
35 to 39	18,366	20,324
40 to 44	16,839	18,530
45 to 49	13,006	14,084
50 to 54	10,708	12,417
55 to 59	7,087	8,381
60 to 64	6,331	8,399
65 to 69	3,318	4,417
70 to 74	2,019	3,222
75 to 79	1,033	1,633
80 to 84	524	857
85 & up	210	398
Not stated

Data for 1871	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	57,167	56,005
5 to 9	46,945	46,854
10 to 14	42,922	41,161
15 to 19	39,949	38,788
20 to 24	40,973	37,724
25 to 29	34,728	35,356
30 to 34	27,519	29,712
35 to 39	22,005	24,182
40 to 44	20,385	21,884
45 to 49	15,832	17,262
50 to 54	13,495	15,156
55 to 59	9,294	10,577
60 to 64	7,589	9,889
65 to 69	4,366	6,054
70 to 74	3,038	4,456
75 to 79	1,371	2,035
80 to 84	599	1,036
85 & up	215	482
Not stated

Data for 1881	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	69,702	68,282
5 to 9	57,432	56,879
10 to 14	49,114	48,250
15 to 19	48,058	46,386
20 to 24	48,752	46,090
25 to 29	41,418	40,313
30 to 34	33,591	32,856
35 to 39	28,133	29,049
40 to 44	24,752	26,356
45 to 49	18,872	20,669
50 to 54	16,051	18,038
55 to 59	10,928	12,977
60 to 64	9,198	11,983
65 to 69	5,244	7,218
70 to 74	3,340	5,157
75 to 79	1,717	2,605
80 to 84	747	1,286
85 & up	244	519
Not stated

Data for 1891	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	75,318	74,382
5 to 9	66,635	65,659
10 to 14	60,660	59,755
15 to 19	57,986	55,520
20 to 24	55,789	52,842
25 to 29	47,124	48,229
30 to 34	41,066	39,968
35 to 39	34,760	33,522
40 to 44	29,402	28,719
45 to 49	24,278	25,245
50 to 54	19,625	21,636
55 to 59	13,317	15,315
60 to 64	11,125	13,595
65 to 69	6,492	8,813
70 to 74	4,241	6,382
75 to 79	1,899	3,258
80 to 84	845	1,584
85 & up	285	628
Not stated

Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	89,124	87,792
5 to 9	82,370	81,098
10 to 14	74,522	71,694
15 to 19	67,326	60,224
20 to 24	61,406	55,206
25 to 29	56,766	53,284
30 to 34	52,710	48,960
35 to 39	48,204	42,742
40 to 44	38,174	35,210
45 to 49	31,012	28,622
50 to 54	25,414	23,200
55 to 59	18,976	17,478
60 to 64	14,088	13,566
65 to 69	10,054	10,948
70 to 74	6,024	8,308
75 to 79	2,608	4,128
80 to 84	948	1,714
85 & up	374	774
Not stated

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	25,190	25,014
5 to 9	26,962	26,683
10 to 14	26,100	25,580
15 to 19	24,954	22,175
20 to 24	22,617	20,463
25 to 29	20,100	19,801
30 to 34	17,213	18,196
35 to 39	14,994	16,734
40 to 44	13,738	14,612
45 to 49	13,185	13,581
50 to 54	12,783	12,176
55 to 59	11,553	10,192
60 to 64	8,689	7,982
65 to 69	5,988	5,888
70 to 74	3,882	4,122
75 to 79	1,833	2,288
80 to 84	637	988
85 & up	216	453
Not stated	13	11

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	26,394	25,230
5 to 9	23,083	22,292
10 to 14	22,597	21,967
15 to 19	18,455	20,993
20 to 24	17,993	20,654
25 to 29	19,304	20,804
30 to 34	17,700	19,322
35 to 39	18,183	19,312
40 to 44	18,094	18,639
45 to 49	16,846	17,465
50 to 54	14,310	15,559
55 to 59	11,469	13,544
60 to 64	9,445	10,993
65 to 69	8,262	9,221
70 to 74	6,367	6,821
75 to 79	4,009	4,245
80 to 84	1,594	2,040
85 & up	497	826
Not stated	30	37

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	29,443	28,272
5 to 9	26,338	25,590
10 to 14	26,243	24,940
15 to 19	21,696	21,378
20 to 24	18,076	19,691
25 to 29	18,505	19,663
30 to 34	19,273	20,230
35 to 39	19,691	20,549
40 to 44	17,643	18,828
45 to 49	17,615	18,580
50 to 54	16,936	17,678
55 to 59	14,728	16,026
60 to 64	11,484	13,611
65 to 69	8,013	11,039
70 to 74	5,713	7,939
75 to 79	3,937	5,332
80 to 84	2,063	2,649
85 & up	796	1,219
Not stated

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	30,790	28,945
5 to 9	32,060	30,545
10 to 14	29,510	28,170
15 to 19	24,530	24,100
20 to 24	21,990	22,255
25 to 29	19,595	20,395
30 to 34	19,445	20,075
35 to 39	19,130	19,975
40 to 44	19,300	20,105
45 to 49	18,875	19,830
50 to 54	16,385	18,135
55 to 59	15,675	17,270
60 to 64	13,790	15,835
65 to 69	10,455	13,695
70 to 74	6,690	10,270
75 to 79	3,675	6,815
80 to 84	1,895	3,715
85 & up	880	1,990
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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