Population (Highlands and Islands)

HC Deb 12 December 1967 vol 756 cc118-9W

Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the loss or gain in population in each of the Highlands and Islands counties in 1966–67; and what were the corresponding figures for each of the last five years.

Mr. Ross

Estimates of the losses or gains in the populations of the individual counties in 1966–67 will not be available until about the middle of January. The corresponding estimates for each of the

POPULATION GAIN (+) OR LOSS (-)
	1961–62	1962–63	1963–64	1964–65	1965–66	Total change over5 years
Argyll	…	…	-183	+159	-739	-119	-697	-1,579
Caithness	…	…	+488	+339	+46	-105	-131	+637
Inverness	…	…	-574	-331	-768	+524	+2,782	+1,633
Orkney	…	…	-105	-40	-67	-179	-143	-534
Ross and Cromarty	…	…	-26	+18	+162	-128	-312	-286
Sutherland	…	…	-47	-49	+119	-73	-65	-115
Zetland	…	…	-153	-12	+194	-205	-143	-319