Mid-2011 Population Estimates Scotland

Table 7: Age and sex structure of administrative areas, mid-2011

	Persons				Males				Females				Sex Ratio³
	Median age	% under 16	% working age¹	% pensionable age²	Median age	% under 16	% working age¹	% pensionable age ²	Median age	% under 16	% working age¹	% pensionable age²	Sex Ratio³
Scotland	41	17	63	20	39	18	67	15	42	16	59	24	0.94
Council areas
Aberdeen City	37	16	67	17	35	16	71	13	38	15	63	22	0.98
Aberdeenshire	42	19	62	20	42	20	65	15	43	18	58	24	0.99
Angus	45	18	58	24	44	18	63	19	46	17	54	29	0.94
Argyll & Bute	46	16	59	26	44	16	64	20	48	15	53	31	0.99
Clackmannanshire	42	19	62	20	40	19	66	15	43	18	58	24	0.96
Dumfries & Galloway	46	16	57	26	46	17	62	21	47	16	54	31	0.94
Dundee City	38	17	63	20	35	18	67	16	40	15	60	24	0.91
East Ayrshire	42	17	62	21	41	19	65	16	43	16	58	26	0.94
East Dunbartonshire	44	18	60	22	42	19	64	17	46	16	56	27	0.93
East Lothian	43	19	60	21	41	20	63	17	43	18	56	25	0.92
East Renfrewshire	43	20	59	21	41	21	63	16	44	18	56	26	0.92
Edinburgh, City of	35	15	69	16	34	16	72	12	36	14	65	21	0.94
Eilean Siar	46	17	58	25	45	17	64	19	47	16	53	31	0.97
Falkirk	41	18	62	19	40	19	66	15	42	17	59	24	0.94
Fife	41	18	61	21	40	19	65	16	43	17	58	25	0.93
Glasgow City	35	16	68	15	34	17	72	11	37	16	65	20	0.94
Highland	44	18	60	22	43	18	64	17	45	17	56	27	0.96
Inverclyde	43	17	61	21	41	19	65	16	44	16	58	27	0.91
Midlothian	41	19	61	20	40	20	64	16	43	18	58	24	0.91
Moray	43	17	60	23	42	18	65	17	45	17	55	28	1.01
North Ayrshire	43	18	60	22	42	19	64	17	44	17	56	27	0.90
North Lanarkshire	40	19	63	18	38	21	66	13	41	18	59	22	0.93
Orkney Islands	45	17	60	23	44	18	64	19	45	16	56	28	0.98
Perth & Kinross	43	17	60	23	42	17	65	18	45	16	56	28	0.97
Renfrewshire	42	18	63	20	40	19	66	15	43	17	59	24	0.92
Scottish Borders	45	17	58	24	44	18	63	19	46	17	55	29	0.94
Shetland Islands	42	19	61	20	41	19	65	16	43	19	57	25	1.03
South Ayrshire	45	16	59	25	44	17	63	19	47	15	55	30	0.92
South Lanarkshire	42	18	62	20	40	19	66	15	43	17	58	24	0.92
Stirling	41	18	62	20	40	19	65	16	41	17	59	24	0.91
West Dunbartonshire	41	18	63	20	39	19	67	14	43	17	59	24	0.91
West Lothian	39	20	63	17	38	21	66	13	40	19	60	21	0.96
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	44	17	60	23	42	18	64	18	45	16	56	28	0.92
Borders	45	17	58	24	44	18	63	19	46	17	55	29	0.94
Dumfries & Galloway	46	16	57	26	46	17	62	21	47	16	54	31	0.94
Fife	41	18	61	21	40	19	65	16	43	17	58	25	0.93
Forth Valley	41	18	62	20	40	19	66	15	42	17	59	24	0.94
Grampian	40	17	64	19	39	18	67	15	42	17	60	24	0.99
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	39	17	65	18	36	18	69	13	41	16	61	23	0.93
Highland	45	17	60	23	43	18	64	18	46	16	55	28	0.97
Lanarkshire	41	19	62	19	39	20	66	14	42	18	59	23	0.93
Lothian	38	17	66	17	36	18	69	13	39	16	63	21	0.94
Orkney	45	17	60	23	44	18	64	19	45	16	56	28	0.98
Shetland	42	19	61	20	41	19	65	16	43	19	57	25	1.03
Tayside	42	17	61	22	40	18	65	17	44	16	57	27	0.94
Western Isles	46	17	58	25	45	17	64	19	47	16	53	31	0.97

Footnotes
1) Working age at 30 June 2011 is defined as men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to approximately 60 years and 237 days
2) Pensionable age at 30 June 2011 was 65 for men and approximately 60 years and 238 days for women.
3) The sex ratio is the male population divided by the female population.

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