South Lanarkshire Council : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 44,253 Show data context
1811 44,253 Show data context 53,402 Show data context
1821 53,402 Show data context 62,087 Show data context
1831 62,087 Show data context 70,687 Show data context
1841 70,687 Show data context 76,749 Show data context
1851 76,749 Show data context 83,827 Show data context
1861 83,827 Show data context 133,355 Show data context
1871 133,355 Show data context
1881 235,457 Show data context
1891 235,457 Show data context
1911 204,621 Show data context
1921 204,621 Show data context 208,742 Show data context
1931 208,742 Show data context 203,459 Show data context
1941 203,459 Show data context
1951 218,443 Show data context
1961 218,443 Show data context 248,181 Show data context
1971 248,181 Show data context 287,752 Show data context
1981 287,752 Show data context 304,558 Show data context
1991 304,558 Show data context 298,613 Show data context
2001 298,613 Show data context 302,216 Show data context
2011 313,830 Show data context
2021 327,131 Show data context
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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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South Lanarkshire Council through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10084659/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026