West Lothian Council through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Year	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801		14,595
1811	14,595	16,855
1821	16,855	19,029
1831	19,029	20,162
1841	20,162	23,739
1851	23,739	25,026
1861	25,026	43,932
1871	43,932
1881		55,024
1891	55,024
1911		72,627
1921	72,627	79,644
1931	79,644	76,240
1941	76,240
1951		83,355
1961	83,355	86,828
1971	86,828	108,792
1981	108,792	136,773
1991	136,773	143,573
2001	143,573	158,714
2011		175,118
2021		181,272

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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This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.

West Lothian Council : Total Population

Total Population