Argyll and Bute Council through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Year	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801		81,320
1811	81,320	86,725
1821	86,725	98,282
1831	98,282	102,972
1841	102,972	104,582
1851	104,582	99,060
1861	99,060	92,096
1871	92,096
1881		94,767
1891	94,767
1911		101,925
1921	101,925	121,835
1931	121,835	97,962
1941	97,962
1951		102,693
1961	102,693	97,370
1971	97,370	82,711
1981	82,711	87,677
1991	87,677	91,850
2001	91,850	91,306
2011		88,166
2021		85,953

Date	Source
1801 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1811 - 2001	Census of Population
1861	1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [5] , 'Ages of the Males and Females in the Town Districts'
1881	1881 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [1] , 'Ages of the Males and Females for every Quinquennial Period of Life, for the Registration Divisions, Counties, and Districts of Scotland'
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 19 A, 'Conjugal Condition and Age-distribution of Population - Of City or County'
1921	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and Civil Parishes'
1931	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 21 , 'Quinquennial Age-Groups and Conjugal Condition (All Ages) - All Burghs and Districts of Counties'
1951	1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 15 , 'Quinquennial age-groups by conjugal condition (all ages)', for 'Burghs, Wards of Cities, Districts of Counties'
1961	1961 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Martial Condition', for 'County, LB, SB, Districts of County, NT'
1971	UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Tables SAS06 and SAS07)
1981	UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (Table SAS02: "Age and Marital Status: All Residents)
1991	Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S02 Age and marital status: Residents [100%])
2001	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table CAS001 Age by sex and whether living in household or communal establishment)
2011	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (File LC1117SC.csv within Output_Area_blk.zip)
2021	National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV102b - Age (20) by sex)

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Numbers of Families living in different Classes of House, as reported by. the early Irish censuses. Class I housing was the best while Class IV were mud huts, but that the Class of Accommodation was lowered if many families were living in the same house.

Argyll and Bute Council : Total Population

Total Population