Scottish Economic Statistics 2008

This is the ninth edition of the annual publication Scottish Economic Statistics, which is produced by statisticians in the Scottish Government.


Table 4.1: 2007 Mid-year population estimates by age group and gender, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas
All People

Male

Female

All People

Less
than
working
age
%

Working
Age
%

Greater
than
working
age
%

Total
%

Less
than
working
age
%

Working
Age
%

Greater
than
working
age
%

Total
%

Less
than
working
age
%

Working
Age
%

Greater
than
working
ge
%

Total
%

Scotland

18.9

66.9

14.2

2,485,599

16.8

58.8

24.3

2,658,601

17.8

62.7

19.5

5,144,200

Aberdeen City

16.4

70.7

12.9

103,203

15.0

62.1

22.9

106,057

15.7

66.3

18.0

209,260

Aberdeenshire

20.1

65.8

14.1

118,484

18.6

58.1

23.3

120,676

19.4

61.9

18.7

239,160

Angus

19.1

63.8

17.1

53,120

17.2

54.7

28.0

56,750

18.1

59.1

22.8

109,870

Argyll & Bute

17.1

65.2

17.7

45,504

16.7

53.1

30.3

45,846

16.9

59.1

24.0

91,350

Clackmannanshire

19.9

66.6

13.4

24,301

18.3

58.5

23.1

25,599

19.1

62.5

18.4

49,900

Dumfries & Galloway

18.1

62.7

19.2

71,791

16.3

53.8

30.0

76,509

17.2

58.1

24.7

148,300

Dundee City

18.0

66.3

15.7

67,411

15.3

59.1

25.5

74,739

16.6

62.6

20.9

142,150

East Ayrshire

19.3

65.8

14.9

57,731

17.1

57.8

25.1

61,839

18.2

61.7

20.1

119,570

East Dunbartonshire

20.0

64.2

15.7

50,494

17.3

56.5

26.2

54,356

18.6

60.2

21.2

104,850

East Lothian

21.0

63.3

15.6

45,333

18.7

55.8

25.5

49,107

19.8

59.4

20.8

94,440

East Renfrewshire

21.8

63.5

14.7

42,572

18.8

55.8

25.4

46,688

20.2

59.5

20.3

89,260

Edinburgh, City of

16.1

71.7

12.2

225,926

14.0

64.5

21.5

242,144

15.0

68.0

17.0

468,070

Eilean Siar

17.7

64.6

17.6

12,922

17.3

52.3

30.4

13,378

17.5

58.4

24.1

26,300

Falkirk

19.8

66.3

13.9

72,981

17.6

58.9

23.4

77,739

18.7

62.5

18.8

150,720

Fife

19.1

66.2

14.7

173,957

17.1

57.8

25.1

186,543

18.1

61.8

20.1

360,500

Glasgow City

17.7

70.8

11.5

279,865

15.7

63.0

21.3

302,075

16.6

66.8

16.6

581,940

Highland

18.9

65.3

15.8

106,453

17.2

56.3

26.5

110,987

18.0

60.7

21.2

217,440

Inverclyde

19.1

66.3

14.5

38,686

16.5

57.4

26.1

42,394

17.8

61.7

20.6

81,080

Midlothian

20.7

64.7

14.6

37,698

18.2

58.0

23.7

41,812

19.4

61.2

19.4

79,510

Moray

18.8

65.6

15.6

43,725

17.6

55.4

27.0

43,145

18.2

60.6

21.2

86,870

North Ayrshire

19.8

64.6

15.6

64,331

17.1

56.9

26.0

71,429

18.4

60.5

21.1

135,760

North Lanarkshire

20.8

66.5

12.6

156,107

18.3

59.7

22.0

168,573

19.5

63.0

17.5

324,680

Orkney Islands

18.3

65.1

16.6

9,779

17.3

55.3

27.5

10,081

17.7

60.1

22.1

19,860

Perth & Kinross

18.5

64.4

17.2

69,135

16.8

55.2

28.1

73,005

17.6

59.6

22.8

142,140

Renfrewshire

19.4

66.5

14.1

80,991

17.1

58.9

24.0

88,609

18.2

62.5

19.3

169,600

Scottish Borders

18.9

63.6

17.4

53,998

17.2

54.7

28.1

57,432

18.0

59.0

23.0

111,430

Shetland Islands

20.2

65.9

14.0

11,037

19.6

56.4

24.0

10,913

19.9

61.2

19.0

21,950

South Ayrshire

17.8

64.2

18.0

53,299

15.8

54.7

29.5

58,391

16.7

59.2

24.0

111,690

South Lanarkshire

19.7

66.4

13.9

148,052

17.5

58.5

24.0

161,448

18.6

62.3

19.1

309,500

Stirling

20.1

65.4

14.5

42,065

17.5

58.2

24.2

46,125

18.8

61.6

19.6

88,190

West Dunbartonshire

19.7

67.0

13.3

43,219

16.6

59.1

24.2

47,871

18.1

62.9

19.0

91,090

West Lothian

21.7

66.9

11.4

81,429

19.7

60.7

19.6

86,341

20.7

63.7

15.7

167,770

Source: General Register Office for Scotland ( GROS)
Note: Working age is 16 to 59 for females and 16 to 64 for males

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