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Population

Population by ethnic origin

	Numbers	% of total population in	% of total population in
		South Lanarkshire	Scotland
White	298,812	98.87%	97.99%
Indian	536	0.18%	0.30%
Pakistani	968	0.32%	0.63%
Bangladeshi	29	0.01%	0.04%
Other South Asian	165	0.05%	0.12%
Chinese	718	0.24%	0.32%
Caribbean	48	0.02%	0.04%
African	111	0.04%	0.10%
Black Scottish/Other Black	43	0.01%	0.02%
Mixed Background	482	0.16%	0.25%
Other Ethic Group	304	0.10%	0.19%
Total all groups	302,216	100%	100%

Comprehensive ethnicity information is only available from the 2001 Census

Source: 2001 Census

Ethnicity by age

Age band	Total Population	White population	Ethnic minorities
0-4	5.6%	5.6%	10.0%
5-15	14.1%	14.0%	22.1%
16-29	16.7%	16.7%	21.6%
30-49	30.4%	30.4%	32.0%
50-59(64)	15.2%	15.2%	8.9%
60(65) to 74	11.6%	11.6%	4.2%
75+	6.4%	6.5%	1.2%
Total	100%	100%	100%

Source: 2001 Census

Population Change 1991-2006

Age Groups	1991 Census	2006 mid year estimate	Change between 1991 and 2006	% Change
0 - 4	18,817	16,673	-2,144	-11.4%
5 - 9	19,927	17,580	-2,347	-11.8%
10 - 14	19,808	19,309	-499	-2.5%
15 - 19	20,773	19,537	-1,236	-6.0%
20 - 24	21,870	18,864	-3,006	-13.7%
25 - 29	23,013	17,210	-5,803	-25.2%
30 - 34	23,185	18,673	-4,512	-19.5%
35 - 39	21,144	23,551	2,407	11.4%
40 - 44	21,791	24,862	3,071	14.1%
45 - 49	18,297	23,864	5,567	30.4%
50 - 54	17,558	21,213	3,566	20.8%
55 - 59	16,426	20,405	3,979	24.2%
60 - 64	16,136	16,731	595	3.7%
65 - 69	13,713	14,761	1,048	7.6%
70 - 74	10,677	12,722	2,045	19.2%
75 - 79	7,575	9,978	2,403	31.7%
80 - 84	4,831	6,646	1,815	37.6%
85 - 89	2,223	3,466	1,243	55.9%
90+	769	1,625	856	111.3%
Total	298,533	307,670	9,137	3.1%

Source: 1991 Census and 2006 Mid Year Estimate

 

 

 

Population by community area in 2006

Community Area	All Ages
Blantyre	17,948
Bothwell	6,507
Cambuslang	25,709
Carluke	18,546
Clydesdale East	16,816
East Kilbride	74,667
Hamilton	50,385
Lanark	16,378
Larkhall	17,386
Lesmahagow	8,098
Rutherglen	31,915
Stonehouse	6,541
Strathaven	11,123
Uddingston	5,651
South Lanarkshire	307,670

Source: based on best fit 2006 Datazone Mid Year Estimates

Population by age and sex - 2006 Mid Year Estimate

Age Groups	Males	Females	South Lanarkshire Total	% of All Ages
All Ages	147,072	160,598	307,670	100.0%
0 - 4	8,388	8,285	16,673	5.4%
5 - 9	8,917	8,663	17,580	5.7%
10 - 14	9,847	9,462	19,309	6.3%
15 - 19	10,206	9,331	19,537	6.3%
20 - 24	9,716	9,148	18,864	6.1%
25 - 29	8,487	8,723	17,210	5.6%
30 - 34	8,785	9,888	18,673	6.1%
35 - 39	11,213	12,338	23,551	7.7%
40 - 44	11,703	13,159	24,862	8.1%
45 - 49	11,511	12,353	23,864	7.8%
50 - 54	10,240	10,973	21,213	6.9%
55 - 59	9,929	10,476	20,405	6.6%
60 - 64	7,917	8,814	16,731	5.4%
65 - 69	6,776	7,985	14,761	4.8%
70 - 74	5,575	7,147	12,722	4.1%
75 - 79	3,987	5,991	9,978	3.2%
80+	3,875	7,862	11,737	3.8%
0 - 4	8,388	8,285	16,673	5.4%
5 - 15	20,901	20,077	40,978	13.3%
16 - 24	17,785	16,527	34,312	11.2%
25 - 64	79,785	86,724	166,509	54.1%
65 - 74	12,351	15,132	27,483	8.9%
75+	7,862	13,853	21,715	7.1%

Source: 2006 Mid Year Estimate, GROS

Projected population change

Age Groups	Projected population change from 2008 to 2028
0 - 4	-1.8%
5 - 9	3.9%
10 - 14	-3.1%
15 - 19	-7.6%
20 - 29	-4.8%
30 - 54	-6.6%
55 - 69	24.8%
70+	60.0%

Source: 2028 Population Projections (2006 Based), GROS

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Numbers of births and deaths

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of live resident births	3,161	3,076	3,092	3,358	3,322	3,524
Number of resident deaths	3,300	3,384	3,347	3,388	3,290	3,282

Source: GROS

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