Year	Population 30 years earlier	Population 20 years earlier	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801				31,179
1811			31,179	36,722
1821			36,722	47,003
1831			47,003	57,466
1841			57,466	60,487
1851			60,487	60,301
1861			60,301
1881			62,496	72,530
1891			72,530	83,969
1901			84,000	99,899
1911			99,899	109,782
1921			109,782	111,060
1931		104,528	111,060	120,275
1951	111,060	120,275		187,957
1961			122,343	127,671
1971			127,671	131,046

Date:	Source:
1801 - 1861	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1881 - 1971	1971 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 5 B, 'Population, historical table, selected censuses 1801-1971', for 'Civil parishes'
1901	1901 Census of Scotland, General Report vol. 1, Table 1 _1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, the Parishes being in alphabetical order under each County and arranged in two sub-divisions: The number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons aged three years and upwards, speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows, for each Parish, on 31st March, 1901; and for comparison, the number of Families, Houses, Males, Females, and both Sexes, and Rooms with Windows in 1891'
1911	1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Civil Parishes'
1921	1921 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, County Public Health Districts, and Civil Parishes of XXXXX in 1921 and in 1911'
1931	1931 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 1 , 'Population of Burghs, Districts of Counties, and Civil Parishes'
1951	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'

 

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