Data for 1911	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	88,196	88,094
5 to 9	81,214	81,522
10 to 14	75,622	76,868
15 to 19	73,502	77,320
20 to 24	70,516	79,728
25 to 29	67,678	74,844
30 to 34	63,242	65,378
35 to 39	56,618	57,394
40 to 44	47,028	47,086
45 to 49	39,444	41,370
50 to 54	32,568	34,524
55 to 59	24,988	26,380
60 to 64	18,136	20,452
65 to 69	12,428	15,218
70 to 74	7,192	11,842
75 to 79	2,818	5,214
80 to 84	1,052	2,280
85 & up	348	834
Not stated

Data for 1931	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	49,809	49,168
5 to 9	52,459	51,677
10 to 14	47,317	47,166
15 to 19	48,219	51,787
20 to 24	46,740	51,927
25 to 29	43,287	48,183
30 to 34	38,098	44,427
35 to 39	34,492	40,206
40 to 44	32,155	36,185
45 to 49	30,483	33,696
50 to 54	29,348	30,369
55 to 59	25,999	25,515
60 to 64	19,596	19,563
65 to 69	13,184	14,815
70 to 74	7,915	10,433
75 to 79	3,726	5,642
80 to 84	1,271	2,258
85 & up	371	965
Not stated	6	4

Data for 1951	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	50,833	48,515
5 to 9	43,598	42,164
10 to 14	42,673	42,564
15 to 19	36,946	43,451
20 to 24	38,117	43,435
25 to 29	41,462	42,885
30 to 34	35,559	39,343
35 to 39	38,445	41,866
40 to 44	38,478	41,064
45 to 49	36,395	38,826
50 to 54	30,388	36,373
55 to 59	24,809	30,746
60 to 64	20,777	26,354
65 to 69	16,514	21,277
70 to 74	12,757	15,830
75 to 79	7,428	9,848
80 to 84	2,818	4,338
85 & up	820	1,952
Not stated	54	65

Data for 1961	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	51,931	49,407
5 to 9	44,360	42,014
10 to 14	45,424	43,819
15 to 19	39,554	40,202
20 to 24	35,844	39,415
25 to 29	34,882	35,082
30 to 34	32,941	33,595
35 to 39	33,995	34,877
40 to 44	30,261	33,893
45 to 49	33,096	36,723
50 to 54	33,097	36,162
55 to 59	29,904	33,591
60 to 64	22,434	29,485
65 to 69	15,832	23,353
70 to 74	10,788	17,476
75 to 79	6,623	11,425
80 to 84	3,458	6,042
85 & up	1,292	2,740
Not stated

Data for 1971	Sex
Age in five-year bands to age 85	Male	Female
0 to 4	38,915	36,790
5 to 9	40,865	38,965
10 to 14	40,030	38,405
15 to 19	36,965	35,970
20 to 24	36,365	35,535
25 to 29	26,210	25,035
30 to 34	23,135	23,590
35 to 39	22,890	24,360
40 to 44	24,225	26,135
45 to 49	26,610	28,450
50 to 54	24,280	27,960
55 to 59	25,470	29,840
60 to 64	23,525	28,395
65 to 69	18,055	24,960
70 to 74	11,025	19,490
75 to 79	6,190	12,850
80 to 84	2,915	7,595
85 & up	1,430	4,055
Not stated

Date:	Source:
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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