Total Population

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Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 2,070 Show data context
1811 2,070 Show data context 3,615 Show data context
1821 3,615 Show data context 5,392 Show data context
1831 5,392 Show data context 5,289 Show data context
1841 5,289 Show data context 6,055 Show data context
1851 6,055 Show data context 7,147 Show data context
1861 7,147 Show data context 7,097 Show data context
1871 7,097 Show data context 6,069 Show data context
1881 6,069 Show data context 7,352 Show data context
1891 7,352 Show data context 7,713 Show data context
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1801 - 1861 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861 - 1871 1871 Census of Scotland, Population summary, Table 1 , 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, showing the Acreage, 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 Children from 5 to 13 years of age in the receipt of Education; the number of Rooms with Windows; the number of Persons temporarily absent or present in each Parish or subdivision thereof on the 3d April 1871. For comparison's sake, there is added the number of Families, Persons of each Sex, Houses, and Rooms, with Windows in 1861'
1881 - 1891 1971 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 5 B, 'Population, historical table, selected censuses 1801-1971', for 'Civil parishes'

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Date accessed: 11th May 2024