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A VIEW FROM THE REGISTRAR GENERAL Duncan Macniven Registrar General for Scotland General Register Office for S C O T L A N D information about Scotland's people KEY DEMOGRAPHICS Scotlands population 5.078 million in mid-2004

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A VIEW FROM THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Duncan Macniven Registrar General for Scotland

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KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

  • Scotland’s population 5.078 million in mid-2004 – 21,000

higher than a year before

  • Peak of 5.24 million in 1974, gradual declining trend since

then

  • Since 1997, natural decrease (of about 4,000 in 2003-04)
  • Migration, negative until early 90s, recently fluctuated

around zero

  • In 2005, births highest since 1999 and deaths lowest ever
  • Some signs of positive net migration in last two years
  • So total population is projected to rise to 2019 (just over

5.1 million) before slowly declining, falling below 5 million in 2036 and reaching 4.86 million by 2044

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GEOGRAPHIC INEQUALITIES

  • Historic
  • 1994-2004
  • 2004-2024
  • Total population
  • Working age population
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Larger urban areas (apart from Edinburgh) are declining, while there are increases around the bigger cities and many rural areas (apart from island areas)

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POPULATION CHANGE 1994-2004

  • Biggest losers: Eilean Siar, Inverclyde,

Aberdeen City, Dundee City, Glasgow City

  • Biggest winners: West Lothian, East

Lothian, Stirling

  • Winners include Highland, East

Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire

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Natural change rates Natural change rates ( (births minus deaths births minus deaths 1994 1994-

  • 2004 as a

2004 as a proportion of the 1994 proportion of the 1994 population) are a useful population) are a useful indicator when indicator when comparing natural comparing natural change between areas of change between areas of different sizes. different sizes.

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Net migration rates Net migration rates (here, the amount of net (here, the amount of net migration between 1994 migration between 1994 and 2004 as a and 2004 as a proportion of the 1994 proportion of the 1994 population) are a useful population) are a useful indicator when indicator when comparing migration comparing migration between areas of between areas of different sizes. different sizes.

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POPULATION CHANGE 1994-2004

  • 10 Councils with negative natural change and

negative migration

– Eilean Siar – Aberdeen City, Angus, Dundee City – Glasgow City, West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North and East Ayrshire

  • 3 Councils with positive natural change and

positive migration

– Aberdeenshire, East Renfrewshire, West Lothian

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POPULATION CHANGE 1994-2004

  • 13 Councils with negative natural change and

positive migration

– Rural north and west: Orkney Islands, Highland, Argyll & Bute – Rural south: Dumfries & Galloway, Scottish Borders – West Central Scotland: South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire – Central Scotland: Falkirk, Stirling, Perth & Kinross – East Central Scotland: Edinburgh City, East Lothian, Fife

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This shows the % population change varies across the Highland datazones 2001-2004

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LOOKING FORWARD

  • Basis of population projections
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LOOKING FORWARD

‘Spirit’ said Scrooge … ‘Tell me if Tiny Tim will live.’ ‘I see a vacant seat’ replied the ghost, ‘in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully

  • preserved. If these shadows remain

unaltered by the Future, the child will die.’

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Most councils adjacent, or close to, Edinburgh City are projected to increase in size whereas

  • ther large urban

areas are projected to decline

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POPULATION CHANGE 2004-2024

  • Eastern winners: Aberdeenshire, Fife, West

Lothian, Edinburgh City, East Lothian, Scottish Borders

  • Western losers: East Ayrshire, East

Dunbartonshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, West Dunbartonshire

  • Eastern losers: Aberdeen City, Angus, Dundee

City, Clackmannanshire, Midlothian

  • Western winners: East Renfrewshire, North

Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire

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WORKING AGE POPULATION

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Percentage change in population of working age (16-59/64), Council area, 1994 - 2004

  • 15
  • 10
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5 10

Eilean Siar Inverclyde East Dunbartonshire Aberdeen City Dundee City Angus Shetland Islands Renfrewshire. South Ayrshire West Dunbartonshire Dumfries & Galloway East Ayrshire Argyll & Bute Moray North Ayrshire Orkney Islands Midlothian South Lanarkshire Glasgow City Clackmannanshire North Lanarkshire SCOTLAND East Renfrewshire Highland Fife Scottish Borders Perth & Kinross Falkirk Aberdeenshire Stirling East Lothian Edinburgh, City of West Lothian

Council Area % change

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Projected percentage change in population of working age (16-59/64)1 (2004-based),Council area, 2004 - 2024

  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
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10 20 30 Aberdeen City Eilean Siar Dundee City Shetland Islands Inverclyde East Renfrewshire Angus West North Ayrshire Dumfries & South Ayrshire Clackmannanshire Orkney Islands Midlothian East Ayrshire Highland North Lanarkshire SCOTLAND Glasgow City Aberdeenshire Perth & Kinross East Renfrewshire Moray South Lanarkshire Argyll & Bute Stirling Fife Falkirk Scottish Borders Edinburgh, City of East Lothian West Lothian Percentage change

1Includes the change in wom en's state pension age from 60 to 65 between 2010 and 2020

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WORKING AGE POPULATION

  • Significant changes in last 10 years
  • Variability, from Eilean Siar to West

Lothian

  • Wider range of change in next 10 years
  • Biggest winners, past and future, Edinburgh

and Lothians

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CONCLUSIONS

  • Complex: not simply “north-south” or

“east-west” split

  • Migration the key
  • Importance of forward planning, including

by central government and local councils

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A VIEW FROM THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Duncan Macniven Registrar General for Scotland