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Ward Population by Age

Published: August 2003

This document is one of a series of information sheets produced by the BEIC to highlight Key Facts about Birmingham.

This fact sheet records the number of Birmingham residents living in each of the City's 39 wards by age group.

It shows that:

• There were 228,949 residents aged 15 years or younger at the time of the Census.
• There were 132,519 young people (aged 16-24) resident in the City in 2001 and 276,804 aged between 25 and 44.
• 17,065 residents were aged 85 or older.
• The age structure of the population varies considerably by ward.