East Ayrshire Council : Males & Females

Males & Females

Data cube chart.

Year Male Female
1801 16,867 Show data context 18,254 Show data context
1811 20,024 Show data context 22,509 Show data context
1821 23,896 Show data context 25,734 Show data context
1831 28,706 Show data context 30,408 Show data context
1841 31,175 Show data context 33,117 Show data context
1851 36,211 Show data context 37,409 Show data context
1861 44,682 Show data context 46,690 Show data context
1881 49,508 Show data context 51,169 Show data context
1911 54,026 Show data context 55,254 Show data context
1921 54,675 Show data context 57,438 Show data context
1931 54,718 Show data context 57,159 Show data context
1951 59,758 Show data context 63,209 Show data context
1961 65,189 Show data context 69,280 Show data context
1971 60,583 Show data context 64,378 Show data context
1981 61,004 Show data context 65,029 Show data context
1991 57,818 Show data context 64,640 Show data context
2001 57,842 Show data context 62,393 Show data context
2011 59,389 Show data context 63,378 Show data context
2021 58,398 Show data context 61,828 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
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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The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, East Ayrshire Council through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Males & Females, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 09th April 2026