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Elderly Persons

Volume 978: debated on Wednesday 13 February 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many men over the age of 65 years and women over the age of 60 years reside in Scotland as a whole and in each district or islands authority area in Scotland.

The estimated populations for those age groups at 30 June 1978 are supplied in the table below. The estimates for mid-1979 are not yet available.

ESTIMATED POPULATION, REGIONS AND DISTRICTS, SCOTLAND, MID-1978
Region/DistrictMales 65 and overFemales 60 and over
SCOTLAND270,000582,400
Borders Region6,90014,200
Berwickshire1,3002,500
Ettrick and Lauderdale2,2004,600
Roxburgh2,4004,900
Tweeddale1,0002,200
Central Region13,60027,300
Clackmannan2,1004,500
Falkirk7,50014,500
Stirling4,0008,200
Dumfries and Galloway Region8,50017,000
Annandale and Eskdale2,1004,200
Nithsdale3,1006,400
Stewartry1,5003,000
Wigtown1,7003,400
Fife Region18,30036,700
Dunfermline6,30012,200
Kirkcaldy7,80015,500
North East Fife4,2009,000
Grampian Region26,10052,900
Aberdeen City11,70026,200
Banff and Buchan4,5008,300
Gordon3,5005,700
Kincardine and Deeside2,4004,400
Moray4,1008,200
Highland Region10,20019,800
Badenoch and Strathspey6001,200
Caithness1,4002,600
Inverness2,7005,700
Lochaber1,0001,900
Nairn6001,200
Ross and Cromarty2,1004,100
Skye and Lochalsh8001,400
Sutherland1,0001,800
Lothian Region39,00087,300
East Lothian4,6009,300
Edinburgh City26,30061,900
Midlothian3,3006,700
West Lothian4,8009,500
Strathclyde Region119,500268,200
Argyll and Bute4,2008,900
Bearsden and Milngavie1,7003,800
Clydebank2,6005,400
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth1,5003,200
Cumnock and Doon Valley2,3004,300
Cunninghame6,20013,800
Dumbarton3,6008,000
East Kilbride2,2005,200
Eastwood2,9006,100
Glasgow City45,600108,200
Hamilton4,5009,500
Inverclyde4,90011,400
Kilmarnock and Loudoun4,1008,800
Kyle and Carrick6,30014,000
Lanark2,8005,900
Monklands4,6009,700
Motherwell7,10015,000
Renfrew9,00020,300
Strathkelvin3,3006,700
Tayside Region23,20050,100
Angus5,50011,500
Dundee City10,00023,300
Perth and Kinross7,60015,400
Islands Councils4,9008,900
Orkney Islands1,3002,200
Shetland Islands1,2002,300
Western Isles2,4004,300
Note: Figures are rounded and may not therefore cast up.