|
|
2001 |
1991
|
|
Highland |
Scotland |
Highland |
| TOTAL
POPULATION |
|
|
|
| Male
|
102,297
|
2,432,494
|
99,762
|
| Female
|
106,617
|
2,629,517
|
104,242 |
| Total
|
208,914
|
5,062,011
|
204,004 |
|
POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE (% total pop)
|
| 0-4
|
5.4
|
5.5
|
6.4
|
| 5-15
|
14.2
|
13.7
|
15.0
|
| 16-24
|
9.3
|
11.2
|
12.4
|
| 25-44
|
27.4
|
29.2
|
28.9
|
| 45-64
|
27.1
|
24.5
|
22.6
|
| 65-74
|
9.3
|
8.8
|
8.4
|
| 75-84
|
5.5
|
5.3
|
5.0
|
| 85+
|
1.8
|
1.8
|
1.4
|
|
ETHNIC GROUP (% total pop) |
| White
|
99.2
|
98.0
|
99.5
|
| Indian
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.0
|
|
Pakistani/other South Asian |
0.2
|
0.8
|
0.1
|
| Chinese
|
0.1
|
0.3
|
0.1
|
| Other
Groups |
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.3
|
|
GAELIC LANGUAGE (% 3+ pop) |
| Those who
can speak Gaelic |
6.3
|
1.2
|
7.5
|
| Those who
can speak, read, write or understand Gaelic |
9.1
|
1.9
|
n/a
|
|
RELIGION (% total pop) |
| Church of
Scotland |
48.1
|
42.4
|
n/a
|
| Roman
Catholic |
6.8
|
15.9
|
n/a
|
| Other
Christian |
12.0
|
6.8
|
n/a
|
| Other
religion |
1.0
|
1.9
|
n/a
|
| No
religion |
27.2
|
27.6
|
n/a
|
| Didn’t
answer |
4.9
|
5.5
|
n/a
|
|
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS (% 16+ pop*)
|
| Living as
a couple: |
62.3
|
58.0
|
n/a
|
| Married
|
53.7
|
49.8
|
n/a
|
|
Cohabiting |
8.6
|
8.2
|
n/a
|
| Not
living as a couple: |
37.7
|
42.0
|
n/a
|
| Single
(never married) |
21.1
|
24.7
|
n/a
|
| Married
(or re-married) |
0.7
|
0.7
|
n/a
|
| Separated
|
2.6
|
3.0
|
n/a
|
| Divorced
|
5.0
|
5.3
|
n/a
|
| Widowed
|
8.3
|
8.4
|
n/a
|
| *total
16+ pop |
164,443
|
4,007,454 |
n/a
|
|
2001 |
1991
|
|
Highland |
Scotland |
Highland |
|
COUNTRY OF BIRTH (% total pop)
|
| Scotland
|
82.2
|
87.1
|
84.4
|
| Other UK
|
14.7
|
9.1
|
12.7
|
| Outwith
UK |
3.1
|
3.8
|
2.9
|
|
HEALTH (% total pop) |
| Limiting
Long Term Illness |
18.4
|
20.3
|
10.6
|
|
Reported state of general health: |
| Good
|
70.8
|
67.9
|
n/a
|
| Fairly
good |
21.3
|
21.9
|
n/a
|
| Not good
|
7.9
|
10.2
|
n/a
|
|
PROVISION OF UNPAID CARE -
due to physical/mental ill health, disability or problems relating
to old age (% total pop) |
| Provision
of unpaid care |
8.9
|
9.5
|
n/a
|
|
Number of hours per week unpaid care is given (%
unpaid carers*) |
| 1-19
hours per week |
66.4
|
63.5
|
n/a
|
| 20-49
hours per week |
11.2
|
12.5
|
n/a
|
| 50+ hours
per week |
22.3
|
24.0
|
n/a
|
| *total
no. unpaid carers |
18,505
|
481,579 |
n/a
|
|
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY (% 16-74 year olds*)
|
|
Economically Active: |
| Males
|
75.2
|
71.7
|
80.3
|
| Females
|
61.2
|
58.6
|
55.5
|
| Total
|
68.1
|
65.0
|
67.7
|
| Full time
employees |
38.9
|
40.3
|
40.4
|
| Part time
employees |
12.9
|
11.1
|
10.9
|
| Self
employed |
10.2
|
6.6
|
9.3
|
|
Unemployed |
4.3
|
4.0
|
5.9
|
| Full-time
student |
1.8
|
3.0
|
n/a
|
|
Economically Inactive: |
| Male
|
24.8
|
28.3
|
19.7
|
| Female
|
38.8
|
41.4
|
44.5
|
| Total
|
31.9
|
35.0
|
32.3
|
| Retired
|
14.5
|
13.9
|
11.7
|
| Student
|
2.4
|
4.3
|
3.6
|
| Looking
after family / home |
5.9
|
5.5
|
n\a
|
|
Permanently sick / disabled |
5.6
|
7.4
|
3.3
|
| Other
|
3.5
|
3.9
|
n\a
|
| *total
16-74 year olds |
152,684
|
3,731,079 |
147,282 |
4 August 2003
Today, the Registrar General for Scotland released his
Annual Review of Demographic Trends.
As well as updating the demographic trends presented in last year’s
review, this report focuses on one of the biggest issues affecting
population change in Scotland today - declining fertility.
The Registrar General, John Randall said:
"Scotland’s birth rate has fallen significantly in the last two decades
and it is currently at the lowest level of any of the countries in the UK.
Moreover, Scotland’s population is now declining more because of an excess
of deaths over births than because of net migration loss and this is
projected to continue."
Along with an overview of population change, this year’s review
contains two chapters on fertility:
- a detailed examination of recent trends in Scotland’s fertility;
- an article commissioned from Dr Elspeth Graham and Professor Paul
Boyle of St Andrews University, which places Scotland’s fertility in a
wider geographical context, discusses the reasons for low fertility, and
addresses the scope for policy intervention drawing on the experience of
other countries.
The report highlights the following:
Population
- Scotland’s population fell in the year to 30 June 2002 to 5,054,800
(0.2 per cent down from mid-2001) - a level last seen in the first half
of the 20th century.
- Scotland has recorded a natural decrease (an excess of deaths over
births) since 1997. The natural decrease (6,065 in 2001-02) was a larger
factor in population decline than emigration, a pattern which is
projected to continue.
- Scotland’s population is getting older and is projected to continue
ageing. Half the population is now over the age of 39, which is four
years older than the 1991 equivalent.
Fertility
- The total number of births registered in 2002 (51,270) was the
lowest total ever recorded. This is the sixth consecutive year where the
total has reached a new low.
- Falling birth rates reflect the fact that women are having fewer
children and having them later. As a consequence, average completed
family size fell below two for women born after 1953 and is expected to
fall further for younger women.
- Fertility rates for women in their 20s are little more than half the
rate 40 years ago while rates for women aged over 30 have steadily
increased. * In 2002, for the first time, fertility rates for women aged
30-34 overtook those for 25-29 year olds.
Mortality
- There were 58,103 deaths in 2002, an increase of 721 compared with
2001.
- Stillbirth, perinatal, and infant mortality rates continue to fall
and are at historically low levels, but remain above the EU average.
- Expectation of life at birth continues to improve. The expectation
of life for babies born in 2002 is 73.3 for males and 78.8 for females.
Despite these improvements, expectation of life at birth in Scotland
remains one of the lowest in the EU.
- The main causes of death in Scotland are cancers and heart disease;
over the last decade there has been a big fall in the latter but not the
former.
Migration
- Net emigration from Scotland is much lower than 40 years ago and
even 15 years ago.
- The pattern of net migration between Scotland and the rest of the UK
varies markedly by age group for both males and females, with a net
inflow peaking at age 19 and a net outflow peaking at age 23.
- The peak ages for moves within Scotland (between Council areas) for
males and females are the 20s and 30s with large peaks at the student
ages (18-22).
Marriages, Divorces and Adoptions
- There were 29,826 marriages registered in 2002, slightly more than
the 29,621 registered the previous year.
- The average age at first marriage continues to increase and in 2002
was 31 for males and 29 for females, four years higher for both than in
1991.
- The number of divorces, while much higher than 30 years ago, has
decreased slightly over the past decade.
- The number of adoptions is 53 per cent lower than ten years ago and
is the lowest total since 1931, the first full year in which adoptions
were registered.
The Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends (ISBN
1-874451-71-0, #6) is available from the General Register Office for
Scotland (GROS) and the GROS website (www.gro-scotland.gov.uk). The
detailed statistical tables which comprise the bulk of previous Annual
Reports are available by contacting GROS Customer Services on 0131 314
4243. |