2001 Census Data

This initial data provides a snapshot of the resident population, split by age and sex, as at Census Day, 29th April 2001. More detailed figures are due to be released on the 13th February 2003

Population at Census Day 2001 by age band

Area United Kingdom England and Wales England South East Isle of Wight UA
All 58789194 52041916 49138831 8000550 132719
0-4 3486469 3094357 2926460 472506 6437
5-9 3738160 3307972 3122646 505934 7604
10-14 3880609 3425075 3229098 516434 8459
15-19 3663899 3217425 3032714 484052 7417
20-24 3546151 3122379 2952885 461874 5564
25-29 3867115 3435108 3268760 500033 6155
30-34 4493585 3983974 3785676 594120 8084
35-39 4625810 4093217 3881043 637577 8746
40-44 4151580 3656335 3460849 576147 8448
45-49 3735964 3296031 3111538 518847 8399
50-54 4040437 3590904 3382567 570255 10133
55-59 3338861 2962130 2785286 468146 9619
60-64 2879948 2544628 2391708 386000 7951
65-69 2596843 2292386 2153925 350290 7441
70-74 2339231 2074462 1948731 318221 7085
75-79 1966929 1754864 1645033 272357 6445
80-84 1313547 1178269 1105896 191939 4524
85-89 752787 677430 638384 115826 2750

90+

 371269 334970 315632 59992 1458

Population Change mid-1981 to Census 2001

Area United Kingdom England and Wales England South East Isle of Wight UA
Mid 1981 population estimates ('000's) 56,357.5 49,634.3 46,820.8 7,245.4 118.1
Census 2001 population ('000's) 58,789.2 52,041.9 49,138.8 8,000.6 132.7
Population change 1981- 2001 ('000's) 2,431.7 2,407.6 2,318.0 755.1 14.7
% population change1981-2001 4.3 4.9 5.0 10.4 12.4

2001 Census population pyramid for the United Kingdom:

Image of 2001 Census population pyramid for the United Kingdom

2001 Census population pyramid for the South East:

Image of 2001 Census population pyramid for the South East

2001 Census population pyramid for the Isle of Wight:

Image of 2001 Census population pyramid for the Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight population and gender split:

AgeRange Total Males Females
0-4 6437 3328 3109
5-9 7604 3892 3712
10-14 8459 4355 4104
15-19 7417 3779 3638
20-24 5564 2885 2679
25-29 6155 3142 3013
30-34 8084 3920 4164
35-39 8746 4347 4399
40-44 8448 4144 4304
45-49 8399 4094 4305
50-54 10133 4956 5177
55-59 9619 4753 4866
60-64 7951 3977 3974
65-69 7441 3487 3954
70-74 7085 3132 3953
75-79 6445 2635 3810
80-84 4524 1655 2869
85-89 2750 845 1905

90+

 1458 359 1099
Totals 132719 63685 69034

Source: ONS