§ Mr. Hoyasked 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.
Mr. McNeilI understand from 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 are provisional and subject to correction when the Census returns have been examined in detail, but are believed to be substantially correct. The figures relating to counties include the populations of the burghs situated therein and the 1931 figures given for comparison relate to the areas of the counties and burghs as they were at the time of the recent Census.
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SCOTLAND Population 1951 Population 1931 Increase 1931–1951 Decrease 1931–1951 Counties, Cities, and Large Burghs Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Actual Per Cent. Actual Per Cent. SCOTLAND … 5,095,969 2,434,749 2,661,220 4,842,980 2,325,523 2,517,457 252,989 5.2 — — Counties(Cities and Burghs included) Aberdeen … 308,055 144,523 163,532 300,436 141,928 158,508 7,619 2.5 — — Angus … 274,870 126,797 148,073 270,190 122,581 147,609 4,680 1.7 — — Argyll … 63,270 30,642 32,628 63,050 30,456 32,594 220 0.3 — — Ayr … 321,184 153,056 168,128 285,217 136,658 148,559 35,967 12.6 — — Banff … 50,135 23,801 26,334 54,907 26,569 28,338 — — 4,772 8.7 Berwick … 25,060 12,172 12,888 26,612 12,772 13,840 — — 1,552 5.8 Bute … 19,285 9,036 10,249 18,823 8,153 10,670 462 2.5 — — Caithness … 22,705 10,929 11,776 25,656 12,471 13,185 — — 2,951 11.5 Clackmannan … 37,528 17,977 19,551 31,948 15,191 16,757 5,580 17.5 — — Dumfries … 85,656 41,277 44,379 81,220 38,479 42,741 4,436 5.5 — — Dunbarton … 164,263 79,453 84,810 146,723 71,586 75,137 17,540 12.0 — — East Lothian … 52,240 25,629 26,611 47,338 23,001 24,337 4,902 10.4 — — Fife … 306,855 150,220 156,635 276,368 134,515 141,853 30,487 11.0 — — Inverness … 84,924 42,540 42,384 82,108 41,109 40,999 2,816 3.4 — — Kincardine … 47,341 22,729 24,612 39,865 19,030 20,835 7,476 18.8 — — Kinross … 7,418 3,531 3,887 7,454 3,549 3,905 — — 36 0.5 Kirkcudbright … 30,742 15,003 15,739 30,168 14,551 15,617 574 1.9 — — Lanark … 1,614,125 773,728 840,397 1,587,663 775,877 811,786 26,462 1.7 — — Midlothian … 565,746 263,263 302,483 526,296 243,391 282,905 39,450 7.5 — — Moray … 48,211 24,696 23,515 40,806 19,371 21,435 7,405 18.1 — — Nairn … 8,719 4,064 4,655 8,294 3,909 4,385 425 5.1 — — Orkney … 21,258 10,355 10,903 22,077 10,617 11,460 — — 819 3.7 Peebles … 15,226 7,044 8,182 15,051 6,822 8,229 175 1.2 — — Perth … 128,072 60,470 67,602 120,793 56,652 64,141 7,279 60 — — Renfrew … 324,652 153,787 170,865 287,991 138,050 149,941 36,661 12.7 — — Ross and Cromarty … 60,503 29,078 31,425 62,799 29,820 32,979 — — 2,296 3.7 Roxburgh … 45,562 21,406 24,156 45,685 20,788 24,897 — — 123 0.3 Selkirk … 21,724 9,948 11,776 22,711 10,359 12,352 — — 987 4.3 Stirling … 187,432 92,033 95,399 166,447 83,825 82,622 20,985 12.6 — — Sutherland … 13,664 6,643 7,021 16,101 7,965 8,136 — — 2,437 15.1 West Lothian … 88,576 44,034 44,542 81,431 41,993 39,438 7,145 8.8 — —
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SCOTLAND Population 1951 Population 1931 Increase 1931–1951 Decrease 1931–1951 Counties, Cities, and Large Burghs Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Actual Per Cent. Actual Per Cent. Wigtown … 31,625 15,891 15,734 29,331 13,940 15,391 2,294 7.8 — — Zetland … 19,343 8,994 10,349 21,421 9,545 11,876 — — 2,078 9.7 Counties of Cities: Glasgow … 1,089,555 519,010 570,545 1,093,337 526,912 566,425 — — 3,782 0.3 Edinburgh … 466,770 213,900 252,870 439,010 199,350 239,660 27,760 6.3 — — Aberdeen … 182,714 83,636 99,078 169,803 78,054 91,749 12,911 7.6 — — Dundee … 177,333 81,144 96,189 177,179 79,541 97,638 154 0.1 — — Large Burghs: Paisley … 93,704 44,022 49,682 88,384 41,598 46,786 5,320 6.0 — — Greenock … 76,299 36,929 39,370 79,012 39,225 39,787 — — 2,713 3.4 Motherwell and Wishaw … 68,137 33,168 34,969 65,611 33,394 32,217 2,526 3.8 — — Kirkcaldy … 49,037 23,478 25,559 44,745 21,139 23,606 4,292 9.6 — — Coatbridge … 47,538 23,337 24,201 43,513 22,665 20,848 4,025 9.3 — — Dunfermline … 44,710 22,645 22,065 35,058 16,596 18,462 9,652 27.5 — — Clydebank … 44,625 21,977 22,648 47,033 23,795 23,238 — — 2,408 5.1 Ayr … 43,011 19,901 23,110 38,905 18,217 20,688 4,106 10.6 — — Kilmarnock … 42,120 19,947 22,173 38,681 18,307 20,374 3,439 8.9 — — Perth … 40,466 18,740 21,726 35,060 16,002 19,058 5,406 15.4 — — Hamilton … 40,173 19,503 20,670 38,112 19,284 18,828 2,061 5.4 — — Falkirk … 37,528 18,384 19,144 36,566 18,698 17,868 962 2.6 — — Airdrie … 30,308 14,693 15,615 26,734 13,316 13,418 3,574 13.4 — — Inverness … 28,115 13,172 14,943 23,550 10,988 12,562 4,565 19.4 — — Stirling … 26,960 12,692 14,268 24,547 11,589 12,958 2,413 9.8 — — Dumfries … 26,320 12,192 14,128 23,013 10,453 12,560 3,307 14.4 — — Rutherglen … 24,225 11,216 13,009 25,182 11,942 13,240 — — 957 3.8 Dumbarton … 23,703 11,399 12,304 21,764 10,878 10,886 1,939 8.9 — — Port Glasgow … 21,612 10,512 11,100 19,826 9,966 9,860 1,786 9.0 — — Arbroath … 19,503 8,843 10,660 17,701 7,921 9,780 1,802 10.2 — — TOTALS—Cities and large Burghs … 2,744,466 1,294,440 1,450,026 2,652,326 1,259,830 1,392,496 102,000 3.5 9,860 —