HC Deb 13 March 1978 vol 946 cc93-4W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table indicating the most recent estimate of the present populations of (a) every region in Scotland and (b) every district in Scotland.

Mr. Ewing

The figures are given in the table below:

ESTIMATED POPULATION, REGIONS AND DISTRICTS, SCOTLAND, MID-1977
Region/District Estimated population 30th June 1977
SCOTLAND … 5,195,600
Borders Region … 100,370
Local government districts:
Berwickshire … 18,010
Ettrick and Lauderdale … 32,760
Roxburgh … 35,763
Tweeddale … 13,837
Region/District Estimated population 30th June 1977
Central Region … 271,538
Local government districts:
Clackmannan … 48,090
Falkirk … 143,986
Stirling … 79,462
Dumfries and Galloway Region … 143,434
Local government districts:
Annandale and Eskdale … 35,025
Nithsdale … 56,185
Stewartry … 22,508
Wigtown … 29,716
Fife Region … 339,185
Local government districts:
Dunfermline … 124,604
Kirkcaldy … 148,985
North East Fife … 65,596
Grampian Region … 458,719
Local government districts:
Aberdeen City … 208,340
Banff and Buchan … 77,620
Gordon … 54,880
Kincardine and Deeside … 37,167
Moray … 80,712
Highland Region … 189,752
Local government districts:
Badenoch and Strathspey … 9,626
Caithness … 27,168
Inverness … 55,477
Lochaber … 20,366
Nairn … 10,031
Ross and Cromarty … 43,778
Skye and Lochalsh … 9,943
Sutherland … 13,363
Lothian Region … 756,246
Local government districts:
East Lothian … 79,234
Edinburgh City … 463,923
Midlothian … 85,074
West Lothian … 128,015
Strathclyde Region … 2,466,316
Local government districts:
Argyll and Bute … 65,113
Bearsden and Milngavie … 38,228
Clydebank … 55,173
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth … 57,725
Cumnock and Doon Valley … 46,890
Cunninghame … 135,057
Dumbarton … 80,657
East Kilbride … 84,852
Eastwood … 50,722
Glasgow City … 832,097
Hamilton … 107,575
Inverclyde … 103,245
Kilmarnock and Loudoun … 81,809
Kyle and Carrick … 113,162
Lanark … 55,296
Monklands … 111,154
Motherwell … 153,922
Renfrew … 211,116
Strathkelvin … 82,523
Tayside Region … 401,973
government districts:
Angus … 89,920
Dundee City … 192,765
Perth and Kinross … 119,288
Islands Councils:
Orkney Islands … 18,014
Shetland Islands … 20,352
Western Isles Islands … 29,701