North Ayrshire Council : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 26,526 Show data context
1811 26,526 Show data context 32,317 Show data context
1821 32,317 Show data context 39,000 Show data context
1831 39,000 Show data context 40,694 Show data context
1841 40,694 Show data context 48,969 Show data context
1851 48,969 Show data context 58,492 Show data context
1861 58,492 Show data context 37,008 Show data context
1871 37,008 Show data context
1881 40,415 Show data context
1891 40,415 Show data context
1911 83,395 Show data context
1921 83,395 Show data context 107,816 Show data context
1931 107,816 Show data context 90,203 Show data context
1941 90,203 Show data context
1951 103,912 Show data context
1961 103,912 Show data context 111,958 Show data context
1971 111,958 Show data context 121,558 Show data context
1981 121,558 Show data context 136,150 Show data context
1991 136,150 Show data context 136,471 Show data context
2001 136,471 Show data context 135,817 Show data context
2011 138,146 Show data context
2021 133,519 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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Numbers unemployed as recorded by the Census of Population.


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

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026