HC Deb 09 June 1931 vol 253 cc828-32W
Mr. JAMES C. WELSH (Coatbridge)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is yet in a position to give the population of Scotland, and of each county and large burgh in Scotland, according to the recent Census, with the increase or decrease as compared with 1921?

Mr. W. ADAMSON

I am informed by the Registrar-General for Scotland that according to the summaries of population received from the registrars, the information desired by my hon. Friend is as set forth in the following table. The figures, though believed to be substantially correct, are provisional and subject to correction when the Census Returns have been examined in detail. The figures relating to counties include the populations of the burghs situated therein, and the 1921 figures given for comparison relate to the counties and burghs as at present constituted.

Table referred to:

Scotland. Counties and Large Burghs. Population. 1931. Population, 1921. Increase, 1921–1931. Decrease, 1921–1931.
Both Sexes. Males. Females. Both Sexes. Males. Females. Actual. Per cent. Actual. Per cent.
SCOTLAND. 4,842,554 2,325,867 2,516,687 4,882,497 2,347,042 2,534,855 — — 39,943 0.8
Counties:
Aberdeen … 300,430 141,968 158,462 301,016 140,966 160,050 — — 586 0.2
Angus … 270,190 122,616 147,574 271,052 121,854 149,198 — — 862 0.3
Argyll … 63,014 30,454 32,560 76,862 3,5,666 41,196 — — 13,848 18.0
Ayr … 285,182 136,691 148,491 299,273 142,979 156,294 — — 14,091 4.7
Banff … 54,835 26,555 28,280 57,298 27,377 29,921 — — 2,463 4.3
Berwick … 26,601 12,778 13,823 28,246 13,443 14,803 — — 1,645 5.8
Bute … 18,822 8,154 10,668 33,711 13,880 19,831 — — 14,889 44.2
Caithness … 25,656 12,474 13,182 28,285 13,473 14,812 — — 2,629 9.3
Clackmannan … 31,947 15,195 16,752 32,542 15,540 17,002 — — 595 1.8
Dumbarton … 147,751 72,089 75,662 150,570 73,970 76,600 — — 2,819 1.9
Dumfries … 81,060 38,432 42,628 81,464 38,418 43,046 — — 404 0.5
East Lothian … 47,369 23,019 24,350 47,487 22,958 24,529 — — 118 0.2
Fife … 276,261 134,548 141,713 292,925 143,102 149,823 — — 16,664 5.7
Inverness … 82,082 41,082 41,000 82,455 39,456 42,999 — — 373 0.5
Kincardine … 39,864 19,026 20,838 41,779 19,866 21,913 — — 1,915 4.6
Kinross … 7,454 3,549 3,905 7,963 3,837 4,126 — — 509 6.4
Kirkcudbright … 30,341 14,626 15,715 31,061 14,561 16,500 — — 720 2.3
Lanark … 1,585,968 775,179 810,789 1,551,953 767,414 784,539 34,015 2.2 — —
Midlothian … 526,277 243,428 282,849 506,377 234,940 271,437 19,900 3.9 — —
Moray … 40,805 19,395 21,410 41,558 19,177 22,381 — — 753 1.8
Nairn … 8,294 3,910 4,384 8,790 3,968 4,822 — — 496 5.6
Orkney … 22,075 10,618 11,457 24,111 11,452 12,659 — — 2,036 8.4
Peebles … 15,050 6,831 8,219 15,332 6,842 8,490 — — 282 1.8
Perth … 120,772 56,679 64,093 125,503 58,179 67,324 — — 4,731 3.8
Renfrew … 288,575 138,297 150,278 286,684 140,343 146,341 1,891 6.7 — —
Ross and Cromarty … 62,802 29,842 32,960 70,818 33,689 37,129 — — 8,016 11.3
Roxburgh … 45,787 20,835 24,952 44,989 20,225 24,764 798 1.8 — —
Selkirk … 22,608 10,325 12,283 22,607 10,111 12,496 1 0.0 — —
Stirling … 166,447 83,848 82,599 161,721 81,402 80,319 4,726 2.9 — —
Sutherland … 16,100 7,966 8,134 17,802 8,667 9,135 — — 1,702 9.6
West Lothian … 81,426 41,995 39,431 83,960 43,924 40,036 — — 2,534 3.0
Wigtown … 29,299 13,924 15,375 30,783 14,359 16,424 — — 1,484 4.8
Zetland … 21,410 9,539 11,871 25,520 11,604 13,916 — — 4,110 16.1

Scotland. Counties and Large Burghs. Population. 1931. Population, 1921. Increase, 1921–1931. Decrease, 1921–1931.
Both Sexes. Males. Females. Both Sexes. Males. Females. Actual. Per cent. Actual. Per cent.
SCOTLAND—contd.
Large Burghs:
Glasgow … 1,088,417 524,473 563,944 1,051,527 513,271 538,256 36,890 3.5 — —
Edinburgh … 438,998 199,376 239,622 420,264 192,013 228,251 18,7,34 4.5 — —
Dundee … 175,583 78,801 96,782 168,315 74,679 93,636 7,268 4.3 — —
Aberdeen … 167,259 76,881 90,378 158,963 72,720 86,243 8,296 5.2 — —
Paisley … 86,441 40,674 45,767 84,837 39,945 44,892 1,604 1.9 — —
Greenock … 78,948 39,191 39,757 81,133 41,737 39,396 — — 2,185 2.7
Motherwell and Wishaw 64,708 32,953 31,755 68,869 35,666 33,203 — — 4,161 6.0
Clydebank … 46,963 23,771 23,192 46,601 23,986 22,615 362 0.8 — —
Coatbridge … 43,056 22,451 20,605 43,919 23,124 20,795 — — 863 20
Dunfermline … 34,954 16,598 18,356 39,899 19,920 19,979 — — 4,945 12.4
Kirkcaldy … 43,874 20,685 23,189 44,298 21,049 23,249 — — 424 1.0
Hamilton … 37,863 19,168 18,695 39,504 20,319 19,185 — — 1,641 4.2
Ayr … 36,784 17,220 19,564 35,763 16,568 19,195 1,021 2.9 — —
Kilmarnock … 38,099 18,014 20,085 35,969 17,169 18,800 2,130 5.9 — —
Falkirk … 36,565 18,718 17,847 34,419 17,683 16,736 21,46 6.2 — —
Perth … 34,807 15,889 18,918 33,208 15,085 18,123 1,599 4.8 — —
Airdrie … 25,954 12,923 13,031 25,459 12,850 12,609 495 1.9 — —
Rutherglen … 25,157 11,927 13,230 24,744 11,976 12,768 413 1.7 — —
Dumbarton … 21,546 10,781 10,765 22,933 11,549 11,384 — — 1,387 6.0
Dumfries … 22,795 10,370 12,425 21,822 10,042 11,780 973 4.5 — —
Stirling … 22,593 10,700 11,893 21,345 10,051 11,294 1,248 5.8 — —
Port Glasgow … 19,580 9,851 9,729 21,023 10,709 10,314 — — 1,443 6.9
Inverness … 22,582 10,421 12,161 20,944 9,598 11,346 1,638 7.8 — —
Arbroath … 17,637 7,906 9,731 19,496 8,633 10,863 — — 1,859 9.5