Scottish Economic Statistics 2007

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Table 4.1: 2006 Mid-year population estimates by age group and gender, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas

Male

Female

Less than
working age
(%)

Working
Age
(%)

Greater than
working age
(%)

Total

Less than
working age
(%)

Working
Age
(%)

Greater than
working age
(%)

Total

Scotland

19.1

66.8

14.1

2,469,407

17.0

59.1

23.9

2,647,493

Aberdeen City

16.3

70.4

13.3

99,697

14.9

61.8

23.3

102,393

Aberdeenshire

20.3

65.9

13.8

118,350

18.9

58.6

22.6

120,420

Angus

19.5

63.8

16.7

53,116

17.4

55.6

27.1

56,814

Argyll & Bute

17.5

65.3

17.2

45,540

16.9

53.8

29.3

45,850

Clackmannanshire

20.2

66.3

13.5

23,715

18.5

58.8

22.6

25,185

Dumfries & Galloway

18.3

62.9

18.8

71,573

16.5

54.2

29.3

76,457

Dundee City

18.1

66.4

15.6

67,441

15.4

59.4

25.1

74,719

East Ayrshire

19.5

65.8

14.7

57,516

17.5

58.0

24.6

61,774

East Dunbartonshire

20.4

64.2

15.4

50,859

17.6

56.9

25.5

54,601

East Lothian

21.1

63.3

15.6

44,555

18.9

55.7

25.4

48,275

East Renfrewshire

22.0

63.4

14.5

42,540

19.0

56.2

24.8

46,750

Edinburgh, City of

16.3

71.3

12.4

223,028

14.1

64.6

21.3

240,482

Eilean Siar

18.0

64.6

17.3

12,969

17.4

52.9

29.7

13,381

Falkirk

20.0

66.2

13.8

72,330

17.8

59.1

23.1

77,350

Fife

19.3

66.2

14.5

173,054

17.3

58.2

24.6

185,876

Glasgow City

17.8

70.5

11.6

278,635

15.8

62.8

21.5

302,055

Highland

19.2

65.3

15.4

105,285

17.4

56.5

26.1

110,025

Inverclyde

19.5

66.2

14.3

38,901

16.7

57.6

25.7

42,639

Midlothian

21.0

64.6

14.4

37,568

18.5

58.4

23.1

41,722

Moray

19.4

65.6

14.9

44,500

18.0

56.7

25.4

44,530

North Ayrshire

20.1

64.5

15.4

64,125

17.4

57.3

25.3

71,365

North Lanarkshire

20.9

66.5

12.6

155,520

18.4

59.9

21.7

168,260

Orkney Islands

18.6

65.2

16.2

9,717

17.6

55.4

26.9

10,053

Perth & Kinross

18.9

63.9

17.2

67,703

17.1

55.1

27.8

71,887

Renfrewshire

19.6

66.4

14.0

80,948

17.2

59.2

23.6

88,642

Scottish Borders

19.2

63.5

17.4

53,385

17.4

55.1

27.5

56,855

Shetland Islands

20.5

66.1

13.4

10,976

19.8

56.4

23.7

10,904

South Ayrshire

18.0

64.3

17.7

53,317

15.8

55.2

29.0

58,353

South Lanarkshire

19.9

66.3

13.7

147,072

17.7

58.8

23.5

160,598

Stirling

20.3

65.4

14.3

41,893

17.7

58.6

23.6

45,917

West Dunbartonshire

19.8

67.0

13.2

43,223

16.8

59.3

23.9

48,017

West Lothian

21.8

67.0

11.2

80,356

19.9

61.0

19.1

85,344

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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