Cove and Kilcreggan Burgh (Burgh) : Percentage aged 15-64

R_AGE_15_64 = (AGE_GROUP:15_64 * 100.0) / TOT_POP:now

Data Role Period Covered Authority Source Details Method
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1931 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 21 , 'Quinquennial Age-Groups and Conjugal Condition (All Ages) - All Burghs and Districts of Counties' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
TOT_POP:now 1931 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and Civil Parishes' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1951 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 15 , 'Quinquennial age-groups by conjugal condition (all ages)', for 'Burghs, Wards of Cities, Districts of Counties' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
TOT_POP:now 1951 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1951 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931', for 'Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1961 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1961 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Martial Condition', for 'County, LB, SB, Districts of County, NT' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area
AGE_GROUP:15_64 1971 SRC GBH Source Documentation System 1971 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 8 , 'Population by sex, age and marital condition', for 'County, local authority areas' Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area

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This is the age group we treat as 'working age' although the definition has changed over time. Compulsory education to age 10 was established in some areas from 1870, and was gradually raised up to 16 by 1973. The male retirement age was standardised at 65 only in 1925.

Despite the large change in overall age structure, the proportion of working age has changed relatively little: it was smallest in 1871 and 1881 (59%), and at its greatest in 1931 (69%). The main concentrations of the workforce were in areas of rapid population growth, so in 1851 they were in the industrial districts and London. In 2011, low proportions of working age population are generally in rural areas, and also in coastal areas affected by retirement migration.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Cove and Kilcreggan Burgh (Burgh) through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Rate: Percentage aged 15-64, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10358607/cube/AGE_15_64

Date accessed: 09th April 2026