Age

Standard output

Age

Age should always be stored as single years to provide maximum flexibility at the output stage.

Single years

This is a complete classification for age by single years where the output categories are the same as the classification categories.

Less than 1 Year
1 Year
2 Years
:
119 Years
120 Years and Over

The full classification is available on the main page.

Five yearly groupings

This groups age into five year groups, except for the final category which aggregates all persons 100 years and over.

0–4 Years
5–9 Years
10–14 Years
15–19 Years
20–24 Years
25–29 Years
30–34 Years
35–39 Years
40–44 Years
45–49 Years
50–54 Years
55–59 Years
60–64 Years
65–69 Years
70–74 Years
75–79 Years
80–84 Years
85–89 Years
90–94 Years
95–99 Years
100 Years and Over

Ten yearly groupings

This third standard output set groups single year of age into ten yearly age ranges, but aggregates person 90 years and over into one category.

Less than 10 Years
10–19 Years
20–29 Years
30–39 Years
40–49 Years
50–59 Years
60–69 Years
70–79 Years
80–89 Years
90 Years and Over

Persons 15 years and over

This standard output set provides a compact set of ranges for use in cross-tabulations. This grouping has been used in the 1991 and 1996 Census of Population and Dwellings National Summaries.

15–17 Years
18–19 Years
20–24 Years
25–29 Years
30–34 Years
35–39 Years
40–44 Years
45–49 Years
50–54 Years
55–59 Years
60–64 Years
65 Years and Over

Person of all ages

This standard output set provides a compact set of ranges for use in cross–tabulations.. This grouping has been used in the 1991 and 1996 Census of Population and Dwellings National Summaries.

Less than 5 Years
5–14 Years
15–19 Years
20–29 Years
30–39 Years
40–49 Years
50–59 Years
60–64 Years
65 Years and Over

Date of Birth

The standard output variable categories for date of birth classifications day and year are the same as the classification. For the date of birth month classification the 01 to 12 categories that represent each month are output as their respective months January to December.

The residual categories may be output separately or combined. Where a combination item of residuals is to be used in output, this item should be labelled ‘not elsewhere included’ and should have a footnote indicating its composition.

The residual categories are defined in Glossary and references.

The full classification is available in Download of classification.