East Ayrshire Council : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 35,121 Show data context
1811 35,121 Show data context 42,533 Show data context
1821 42,533 Show data context 49,631 Show data context
1831 49,631 Show data context 59,115 Show data context
1841 59,115 Show data context 64,292 Show data context
1851 64,292 Show data context 73,620 Show data context
1861 73,620 Show data context 91,372 Show data context
1871 91,372 Show data context
1881 100,677 Show data context
1891 100,677 Show data context
1911 109,279 Show data context
1921 109,279 Show data context 112,112 Show data context
1931 112,112 Show data context 111,877 Show data context
1941 111,877 Show data context
1951 122,967 Show data context
1961 122,967 Show data context 134,469 Show data context
1971 134,469 Show data context 124,961 Show data context
1981 124,961 Show data context 126,033 Show data context
1991 126,033 Show data context 122,350 Show data context
2001 122,350 Show data context 120,235 Show data context
2011 122,767 Show data context
2021 120,302 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, East Ayrshire Council through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10192997/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 01st June 2026